Weather Records on 18 September 2016

893 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 September 2016. Highest significance: Camooweal Township, AU.

Key Facts for 18 September 2016

On 18 September 2016, 893 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
526 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 874 daily.
Camooweal Township set a daily record precipitation of 32.2 mm (1.3 in) on 18 September 2016.
Across 163 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

893 stations

893 station records on 18 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Darwin Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Scottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Weona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warkon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Dwr Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wansey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheb	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Monument	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grover Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnewin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Havelock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

893 records

Records set or tied on 18 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 378, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 312.

Records on 18 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	378
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 874.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

709 broken records

Margins by which the 709 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 September 2016

Top 20 records on 18 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 September 2016	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 September 2016	Corona Downs, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	127 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 September 2016	Chatsworth, AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	78 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	101 years	76 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Warrnambool Downs, AU	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	76 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Mungallala, AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	74 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	113 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Coreena, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	126 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Perola Park, AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Alfred, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Devoncourt Station, AU	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Listowel Downs, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Darwin Airport Comparison, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Elderslie, AU	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Noonbah, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	105 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 September 2016	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)

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

1803 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2016. 2016 had 893 records.

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

Records on 09-18 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1811	1
1814	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	2
1847	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	4
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1869	1
1871	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1889	6
1890	1
1891	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	58
1904	6
1905	22
1906	16
1907	4
1908	11
1909	17
1910	5
1911	8
1912	43
1913	44
1914	56
1915	41
1916	58
1917	99
1918	57
1919	48
1920	56
1921	213
1922	45
1923	114
1924	62
1925	269
1926	205
1927	189
1928	114
1929	309
1930	124
1931	429
1932	226
1933	370
1934	188
1935	281
1936	155
1937	422
1938	373
1939	190
1940	402
1941	318
1942	1,001
1943	624
1944	503
1945	732
1946	576
1947	927
1948	427
1949	356
1950	370
1951	320
1952	340
1953	245
1954	446
1955	672
1956	587
1957	429
1958	491
1959	829
1960	351
1961	478
1962	360
1963	453
1964	282
1965	1,172
1966	498
1967	357
1968	763
1969	424
1970	377
1971	1,245
1972	691
1973	593
1974	559
1975	976
1976	615
1977	619
1978	1,162
1979	709
1980	652
1981	1,671
1982	603
1983	936
1984	951
1985	636
1986	730
1987	1,244
1988	997
1989	778
1990	904
1991	1,377
1992	821
1993	747
1994	852
1995	935
1996	1,237
1997	935
1998	1,038
1999	583
2000	1,146
2001	993
2002	828
2003	815
2004	1,027
2005	781
2006	1,309
2007	670
2008	697
2009	692
2010	1,040
2011	1,050
2012	922
2013	666
2014	682
2015	934
2016	893
2017	518
2018	1,200
2019	768
2020	682
2021	582
2022	613
2023	639
2024	687
2025	471
2026	864

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Data for records on 2016-09-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	585
10 to 20	74
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1