Weather Records on 16 September 1928

62 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1928. Highest significance: Bologna, IT.

Key Facts for 16 September 1928

On 16 September 1928, 62 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 62 daily.
Bologna set a daily record precipitation of 97.3 mm (3.8 in) on 16 September 1928.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

62 stations

62 station records on 16 September 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

62 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 20.

Records on 16 September 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 62.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

50 broken records

Margins by which the 50 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1928

Top 20 records on 16 September 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1928	Bologna, IT	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 September 1928	Natchez, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Granite Reef Dam, US	daily high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Moxley, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Karesuando, SE	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Jennings, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Espanola, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Milan, IT	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Kiev, UA	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	29.8 C (85.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Hvar, HR	daily high max	29.5 C (85.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1928	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 62 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	45
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1