Weather Records on 26 September 2026

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 2026. Highest significance: Lisboa Geofisica, PT.

Key Facts for 26 September 2026

On 26 September 2026, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 381 daily.
Lisboa Geofisica set a daily record precipitation of 71.2 mm (2.8 in) on 26 September 2026 (provisional).
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 26 September 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	249.0 mm (9.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	198.0 mm (7.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kure Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	167.5 mm (6.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	452.5 mm (17.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Okayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cedara	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	385.0 mm (15.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aniak AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	181.5 mm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wheat Ridge 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thredbo AWS	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fukuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record low maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Unalakleet Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 98.

Records on 26 September 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 381.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 364.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 2026

Top 20 records on 26 September 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 2026	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily rain (Provisional)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain (Provisional)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	89 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Wakkanai, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	249.0 mm (9.8 in)	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Suwa, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	198.0 mm (7.8 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Katsuura, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Kure Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	167.5 mm (6.6 in)	129.2 mm (5.1 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Sukumo, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	452.5 mm (17.8 in)	364.9 mm (14.4 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Murotomisaki, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Rucava, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Okayama, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Matsumoto, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Kagoshima, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Daugavpils, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 2026	Sasebo Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2026	Rezekne, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2026	Cedara, ZA	daily rain (Provisional)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2026	Zoseni, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2026	Kolka, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2026	Himeji, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 2026	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain (Provisional)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	129 years	51 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2026. 2026 had 393 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

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	311
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1