Weather Records on 16 September 2023

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 2023. Highest significance: Amasia, AM.

Key Facts for 16 September 2023

On 16 September 2023, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 561 daily.
Amasia set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 16 September 2023.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 16 September 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amasia	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Slapton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wageningen (Pd)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skikda	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iizuka	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cadzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ueno	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dengqen	China	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Aux-Francais (Iles Kergu	France	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Antero Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nara	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turocak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nix Store 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ajiro	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kyoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sumoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bor	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 September 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 2023

Top 20 records on 16 September 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 2023	Amasia, AM	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	83 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 September 2023	Cluj Napoca, RO	daily rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2023	Oss, NL	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Slapton, GB	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Saguache, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	123 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	26.9 C (80.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	129 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Tg Jiu, RO	daily high min	18.1 C (64.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Adel, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Crested Butte, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Richmond Raaf, AU	daily high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Plant City, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Saint Johns, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Indore, IN	monthly rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	24.3 C (75.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Bouake, CI	daily high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Wageningen (Pd), NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Zetten, NL	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2023	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	daily high max	27.7 C (81.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	60 years	36 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2023. 2023 had 568 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 10	466
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1