Weather Records on 25 September 2016

781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 September 2016. Highest significance: Colstrip, US.

Key Facts for 25 September 2016

On 25 September 2016, 781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
568 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 769 daily.
Colstrip set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 25 September 2016.
Across 163 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

781 stations

781 station records on 25 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colstrip	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Balashov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lillis	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alta Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Branch 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goff 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rostoshi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Lake 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prade Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lorimor	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

781 records

Records set or tied on 25 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 333, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 25 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	333
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 769.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 September 2016

Top 20 records on 25 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 September 2016	Colstrip, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 September 2016	Manhattan, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	101 years	72 of 100 (Major)
25 September 2016	Hoyt 2SE, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	McPherson, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Eskridge, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Balashov, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Lillis, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Herington, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Horton, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Alta Vista, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Brackettville, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Spring Branch 2SE, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Norsk, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Goff 3 WSW, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Duncan 10 W, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Streator 2SE, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 2016	Tellico Plains, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	118 years	43 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

1825 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2016. 2016 had 781 records.

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

Records on 09-25 in each year
Year	Records
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1857	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1884	3
1885	6
1886	1
1887	3
1889	7
1891	3
1893	7
1894	3
1895	5
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	10
1905	16
1906	7
1907	35
1908	20
1909	22
1910	5
1911	9
1912	63
1913	13
1914	15
1915	43
1916	139
1917	138
1918	16
1919	20
1920	75
1921	32
1922	47
1923	68
1924	157
1925	141
1926	740
1927	166
1928	480
1929	158
1930	489
1931	500
1932	260
1933	542
1934	394
1935	258
1936	274
1937	190
1938	335
1939	454
1940	517
1941	269
1942	970
1943	488
1944	246
1945	514
1946	292
1947	666
1948	501
1949	479
1950	1,163
1951	639
1952	515
1953	242
1954	292
1955	546
1956	503
1957	231
1958	454
1959	396
1960	694
1961	530
1962	305
1963	602
1964	403
1965	690
1966	334
1967	428
1968	300
1969	196
1970	783
1971	323
1972	706
1973	650
1974	995
1975	1,166
1976	541
1977	875
1978	462
1979	719
1980	687
1981	669
1982	759
1983	647
1984	1,305
1985	446
1986	1,766
1987	560
1988	571
1989	1,367
1990	875
1991	1,243
1992	1,346
1993	1,015
1994	666
1995	1,013
1996	648
1997	1,278
1998	1,346
1999	804
2000	1,536
2001	1,536
2002	876
2003	758
2004	519
2005	1,484
2006	767
2007	1,284
2008	766
2009	854
2010	1,125
2011	763
2012	505
2013	615
2014	800
2015	868
2016	781
2017	1,253
2018	648
2019	530
2020	1,089
2021	355
2022	301
2023	580
2024	1,120
2025	569
2026	473

Download the Data

Data for records on 2016-09-25: 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	581
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1