Weather Records on 16 September 2025

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 2025. Highest significance: Mc Cook, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 2025

On 16 September 2025, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
427 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 566 daily.
Mc Cook set a daily record precipitation of 127.3 mm (5.0 in) on 16 September 2025.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 16 September 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake St Clair National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Topaz	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Hiiskula	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mena Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sophia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliff Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everett Snohomish Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Kelly Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Barron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elspeet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fukushima Arpt	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tara Hills	New Zealand	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abashiri	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hikone	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izuhara	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kelliher	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Sand Pt WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Futenma	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 16 September 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 2025 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 2025

Top 20 records on 16 September 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 2025	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 September 2025	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	108 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2025	Bison, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2025	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2025	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2025	Cape Tribulation Store, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2025	Lake St Clair National Park, AU	all-time rain	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2025	Topaz, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Vihti Hiiskula, FI	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	monthly rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Mena Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Sarajevo, BA	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Mt Sophia, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Greenhaven, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Valley, GB	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	White Cliff Point, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2025	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	124 years	44 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 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2025. 2025 had 578 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	440
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1