Weather Records on 23 September 2018

693 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 2018. Highest significance: Klaipeda, LT.

Key Facts for 23 September 2018

On 23 September 2018, 693 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 685 daily.
Klaipeda set an all-time record daily precipitation of 141.0 mm (5.6 in) on 23 September 2018.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

693 stations

693 station records on 23 September 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	95 of 100 (Exceptional)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Osterfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alsfeld-Eifa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monument Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oschatz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Little Chena Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zeitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mierkenis_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dachwig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

693 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 267.

Records on 23 September 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 September 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 685.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 2018

Top 20 records on 23 September 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 2018	Klaipeda, LT	all-time rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	88 years	95 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 September 2018	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	123 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe, DE	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Bedford, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Giessen/Wettenberg, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Jefferson, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2018	Altgeringswalde, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2018	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2018	Chatham, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2018	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2018	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	135 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2018	Erfurt-Bindersleben, DE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2018	Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda, DE	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2018	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2018	Cleburne, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	56 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 693 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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 20	552
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1