Weather Records on 12 September 2022

739 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 2022. Highest significance: Racine Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 12 September 2022

On 12 September 2022, 739 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
439 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 699 daily.
Racine Wwtp set an all-time record daily precipitation of 171.5 mm (6.8 in) on 12 September 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

739 stations

739 station records on 12 September 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Karasuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Geneva Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Preststulen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aasiaat (Egedesminde)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mosstrand II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sofijskij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kviteseid - Moen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tveitsund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kjevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

739 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 282, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 12 September 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	282
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 2022 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 36, daily 699.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 2022

Top 20 records on 12 September 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 2022	Racine Wwtp, US	all-time rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	75 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 September 2022	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 September 2022	Karasuk, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2022	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2022	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	134 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2022	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	120 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2022	Waukesha Wwtp, US	all-time rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2022	Shimla, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	116 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2022	Lake Geneva Wwtp, US	all-time rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2022	Skjak, NO	monthly rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Tunhovd, NO	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	108 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Bagdad, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Stoughton Wwtp, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Preststulen, NO	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Rauland, NO	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	125 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Aasiaat (Egedesminde), GL	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Mosstrand II, NO	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2022	Watertown Wwtp, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	101 years	52 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

1793 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 739 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 20	573
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1