Weather Records on 17 September 2022

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 2022. Highest significance: Rotenburg (Wumme), DE.

Key Facts for 17 September 2022

On 17 September 2022, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 310 daily.
Rotenburg (Wumme) set a daily record precipitation of 30.4 mm (1.2 in) on 17 September 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 17 September 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Istad Kraftstasjon	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vyborg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Independence Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sunndalsora III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perth (Forestry Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Usugli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aliceville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saga	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chifeng	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenebri (Cumbil)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huade	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Owase	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nara	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matsuyama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 17 September 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 310.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 2022

Top 20 records on 17 September 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 2022	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	77 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2022	Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2022	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2022	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Orford South, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Rostock-Warnemunde, DE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Rest Lake, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Grand Portage, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Istad Kraftstasjon, NO	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Dalnerechensk, RU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	29.9 C (85.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Vyborg, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Sretensk, RU	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Coles Bay (Freycinet), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Worpswede-Huttenbusch, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Independence Creek, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Montague 4 NW, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2022	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 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

1796 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2022. 2022 had 313 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	969

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	206
5 to 10	23
10 to 15	19
15 to 20	11
20 to 25	6
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	2