Weather Records on 20 September 2019

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 2019. Highest significance: Kjobli I Snaasa, NO.

Key Facts for 20 September 2019

On 20 September 2019, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
483 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 808 daily.
Kjobli I Snaasa set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 20 September 2019.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 20 September 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Babaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Watauga S Dak 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Orange 9 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	297.7 mm (11.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Karcultaby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terrah Winds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Yadnarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Otteroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Two Ocean Plateau	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sylvan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lugo/Rozas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murdinga (Mungala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Base Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sylvan Road	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Draw	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edevik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 305, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 September 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	305
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 September 2019 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 23, daily 808.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 2019

Top 20 records on 20 September 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 2019	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Babaevo, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Kyancutta, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Sykeston, US	all-time rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Lock, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Saint Anthony, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Fishtail, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Tunnsjo, NO	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Sherwood, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Watauga S Dak 8 N, US	all-time rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 September 2019	Jormlien, SE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Orange 9 N, US	monthly rain	297.7 mm (11.7 in)	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Yeelanna, AU	monthly rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	107 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Gordon 6N, US	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Karcultaby, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Roberts 1 W, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Galva, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Holly, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 2019	Yaninee, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	54 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2019. 2019 had 835 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

Download the Data

Data for records on 2019-09-20: 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	635
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1