Weather Records on 27 September 2020

659 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 2020. Highest significance: Apalachicola AP, US.

Key Facts for 27 September 2020

On 27 September 2020, 659 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 637 daily.
Apalachicola AP set a daily record precipitation of 201.9 mm (7.9 in) on 27 September 2020.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

659 stations

659 station records on 27 September 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Essaouira	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bastia	France	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Botosani	Romania	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ochopee Florida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gnassingbe Eyadema Intl	Togo	Record low minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sinop	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vyborg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poretta	France	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brohovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gourdon	France	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grosseto	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ljuban	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sibiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ristna	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

659 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 256, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 207, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 September 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	256
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	207
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 September 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 2020

Top 20 records on 27 September 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 2020	Apalachicola AP, US	daily rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	78 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2020	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	monthly snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	18 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 September 2020	Stambaugh 2SSE, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	119 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Ternopil, UA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Bishop AP, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	120 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Essaouira, MA	daily low min	12.3 C (54.1 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Winter, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Dijon-Longvic, FR	monthly low max	9.7 C (49.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Calistoga, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Orland, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	125 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Eagle Rvr, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Bastia, FR	monthly low max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Botosani, RO	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Paradise, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Dillon 1 E, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Greensburg, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	Munising, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 2020	White Signal, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1799 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2020. 2020 had 659 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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Data for records on 2020-09-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	523
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1