Weather Records on 22 September 2016

1,096 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 2016. Highest significance: Postville, US.

Key Facts for 22 September 2016

On 22 September 2016, 1,096 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
515 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,056 daily.
Postville set a daily record precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 22 September 2016.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

1,096 stations

1,096 station records on 22 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Trout Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
King's Cabin	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Roosevelt Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Jensen	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bricelyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tripoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ouray 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alatyr'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Inza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pipe Spring Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
White River #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bostetter R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dorsey Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ermakovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Turocak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neola	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gildford	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westby 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jabiru Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biala (Alvison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kodachrome Basin Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,096 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 391, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 507, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	391
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	507
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 26, daily 1,056.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

895 broken records

Margins by which the 895 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 2016

Top 20 records on 22 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 2016	Postville, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 September 2016	Castle Dale, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Trout Creek, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Oakley, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	King's Cabin, US	all-time rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Plymouth, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Roosevelt Radio, US	all-time rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	all-time rain	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Bynum 4 SSE, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Northwood, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Jensen, US	all-time rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Bricelyn, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Wells, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Hart Mtn Refuge, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Duchesne, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Hazelton, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Tripoli, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Ouray 4NE, US	all-time rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Alatyr', RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 September 2016	Fayette, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	60 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

1793 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 1,096 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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Data for records on 2016-09-22: 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 20	796
20 to 40	70
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1