Weather Records on 23 September 2024

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 2024. Highest significance: Ruby Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 23 September 2024

On 23 September 2024, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 473 daily.
Ruby Plains set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 23 September 2024.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 23 September 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Island	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohamed Boudiaf Intl	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wongawol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yulmbu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Proctor Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sophie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Court House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matador	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cranfills Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vinh	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	295.4 mm (11.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malikus Saleh	Indonesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Geneva Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Telfer Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sanya	China	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla Vuotso	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 23 September 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 September 2024 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 2024

Top 20 records on 23 September 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 2024	Ruby Plains, AU	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	78 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2024	Nicholson, AU	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 September 2024	Salem, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Weihenstephan-Durnast, DE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Burkett, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Sturt Creek, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Halls Creek Airport, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Marion Island, ZA	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Beira, MZ	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Sonora, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	De Sabla, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Mohamed Boudiaf Intl, DZ	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Logan, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Wongawol, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Naryn, KG	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Morrilton, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Albemarle, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	London State Fish Hatchery, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 2024	Newport 1 NW, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2024. 2024 had 499 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	363
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1