Weather Records on 22 September 1985

820 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1985. Highest significance: Yathroo, AU.

Key Facts for 22 September 1985

On 22 September 1985, 820 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
368 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 801 daily.
Yathroo set a daily record precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 22 September 1985.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

820 stations

820 station records on 22 September 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mogumber Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole North Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	224.2 mm (8.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	149.5 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Gully Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zapotitlan Palmas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keeline 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muchea Tree Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burukan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Firth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yanchep	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

820 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 22 September 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 22 September 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1985

Top 20 records on 22 September 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1985	Yathroo, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Nagasaki, JP	daily rain	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	146.7 mm (5.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Allambie, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Mogumber Farm, AU	monthly rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Walpole North Old, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	224.2 mm (8.8 in)	168.2 mm (6.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Hirado, JP	daily rain	149.5 mm (5.9 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Rocky Gully Town, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Barberton, AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Atbasar, KZ	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	De Hoek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	East London, ZA	daily high max	35.8 C (96.4 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Nannup, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Sandsprings, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1985	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	40 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 820 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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 25	672
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1