Weather Records on 26 September 2017

1,045 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 2017. Highest significance: Woodburn, AU.

Key Facts for 26 September 2017

On 26 September 2017, 1,045 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
676 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 1,031 daily.
Woodburn set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 26 September 2017.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

1,045 stations

1,045 station records on 26 September 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sisian	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chillinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Truth Or Consequences Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Windrush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Little Chorkerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karralea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nalyerlup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Redmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,045 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 464, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 September 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	464
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 September 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 1,031.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

834 broken records

Margins by which the 834 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 2017

Top 20 records on 26 September 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 2017	Woodburn, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2017	Sisian, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2017	Margaret River, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2017	Mountainair, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2017	Erick, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	108 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2017	Warriup, AU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2017	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2017	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Chillinup, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Laredo 2, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Truth Or Consequences Muni AP, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Windrush, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Tamar, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Little Chorkerup, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	McCracken, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Kendenup, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Northfield, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Mount Barker North, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Portales, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2017	Sitka AP, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	52 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

1812 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2017. 2017 had 1,045 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

Download the Data

Data for records on 2017-09-26: 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	787
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2