Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019

Name: Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019
Start: 2019-09-08
End: 2019-09-18
Location: Australia

Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019: 252 records at 110 stations, peak on 9 September 2019. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019 set or tied 252 station records at 110 stations.
It ran from 8 September 2019 to 18 September 2019 (11 days) and its peak day was 9 September 2019.
Status: closed.
Albany set a daily record high minimum temperature of 15.0 C (59.0 F) on 12 September 2019.
The busiest day was 9 September 2019 with 40 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 130 years.

Footprint

8 to 18 September 2019

The area covered by Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019 is outlined, with 15 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Albany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2019-09-12
Cape Leeuwin	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2019-09-11
Narrogin	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	2019-09-10
Adelaide West Terrace	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	2019-09-15
Mount Barker	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2019-09-09
Kellerberrin	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	2019-09-10
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	2019-09-13
Wiluna	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	2019-09-11
Manjimup	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	2019-09-10
Ceduna Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2019-09-14
Ceduna AMO	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2019-09-14
Meekatharra Airport	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	2019-09-09
Eyre	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	2019-09-11
Cleve	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2019-09-15
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	2019-09-09

Records per Day

Peak day 40

Records set or tied each day from 8 September 2019 to 18 September 2019. The most in one day was 40 on 9 September 2019.

Records per day during Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019
Date	Records
2019-09-08	8
2019-09-09	40
2019-09-10	33
2019-09-11	19
2019-09-12	31
2019-09-13	16
2019-09-14	35
2019-09-15	35
2019-09-16	28
2019-09-17	6
2019-09-18	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019 ranked by margin
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, 09-13	5.5 C (9.9 F)
Manjimup, 09-10	5.1 C (9.2 F)
Eyre, 09-11	4.8 C (8.6 F)
Cleve, 09-15	4.6 C (8.3 F)
Wiluna, 09-11	3.8 C (6.8 F)
Salmon Gums Res.STN., 09-09	3.2 C (5.8 F)
Meekatharra Airport, 09-09	2.1 C (3.8 F)
Ceduna Post Office, 09-14	2.0 C (3.6 F)
Ceduna AMO, 09-14	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Albany, 09-12	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, 09-10	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Mount Barker, 09-09	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Albany, 09-13	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Narrogin, 09-10	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Cape Leeuwin, 09-11	1.0 C (1.8 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

252 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.8	100
1.0	102
1.1	102
1.0	130
1.6	89
0.1	102
0.4	57
5.5	54
1.4	70
0.4	82
0.5	80
3.8	60
5.1	36
2.0	72
1.9	72
2.1	60
4.8	31
4.6	37
1.7	60
3.2	50
1.2	68
0.6	68
2.0	56
5.2	37
0.9	64
2.5	42
3.8	44
3.6	37
3.3	32
3.4	37
5.2	30
1.6	60
3.2	36
3.8	44
1.0	38
3.1	44
3.3	44
4.2	32
4.5	37
1.4	44
4.3	20
4.1	32
1.7	54
2.0	18
3.6	18
3.0	37
0.5	60
1.1	54
2.5	32
2.3	32
3.0	24
5.4	6
2.4	25
2.4	38
2.1	36
0.1	56
0.4	52
2.1	32
3.6	24
1.1	50
1.9	37
2.0	32
2.4	37
0.9	42
2.1	25
2.3	25
1.0	37
2.3	24
0.6	44
0.8	44
2.0	37
3.1	22
5.6	12
2.6	25
2.2	32
5.2	6
0.6	37
0.6	36
1.8	36
2.4	36
3.6	16
0.9	4
1.5	4
0.1	44
1.1	37
1.3	37
0.6	37
1.5	37
1.3	37
4.9	6
1.1	36
1.9	28
4.8	16
0.2	37
0.3	37
4.2	20
3.0	20
3.5	20
1.4	37
0.2	44
0.6	32
2.1	24
1.2	37
2.4	18
1.5	30
0.3	44
1.0	24
0.9	37
0.1	4
1.8	29
4.1	6
2.2	24
2.2	18
2.6	24
3.4	6
0.3	37
4.0	8
1.5	16
0.1	36
0.5	36
1.8	22
2.6	16
0.3	37
2.4	6
1.5	4
0.8	32
3.4	8
0.1	36
2.6	16
0.7	36
0.4	37
2.0	20
4.2	6
1.3	24
0.6	24
0.1	30
0.8	32
1.2	24
3.0	4
1.7	20
4.1	16
0.1	36
2.0	16
0.7	17
1.7	22
1.2	20
0.3	24
0.7	16
1.1	4
0.9	24
0.4	28
2.3	4
3.2	4
0.4	32
1.2	12
0.6	18
2.9	6
1.4	22
0.7	22
2.3	4
2.3	4
1.1	18
1.6	18
3.0	4
1.2	16
1.4	22
0.8	22
1.6	16
0.9	20
0.6	22
0.6	20
0.8	22
0.8	20
1.1	16
1.2	4
2.4	4
0.1	24
2.6	4
1.7	8
1.3	16
0.9	20
0.3	22
0.4	21
2.1	9
0.1	24
0.1	20
0.3	20
0.9	4
1.0	4
0.7	4
1.6	4
0.7	18
1.5	12
1.6	8
0.1	22
1.4	6
2.4	4
1.5	22
1.0	4
0.9	6

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019 compared with similar events
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 16 January to 14 February 2024	9,869 records
Heat wave in United States, 28 January to 24 February 2026	6,528 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 24 May to 19 June 2020	5,047 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 26 March to 17 April 2021	3,669 records
Heat wave in Germany and 49 other countries, 18 December 2021 to 15 January 2022	3,626 records
Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019 (this event)	252 records

Every Record Set

20 of 252

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in Australia, 8 to 18 September 2019, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2019-09-09	Mount Barker	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89	40 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-09	Meekatharra Airport	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	60	31 of 100 (Routine)
2019-09-09	Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	50	30 of 100 (Routine)
2019-09-10	Narrogin	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102	43 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-10	Kellerberrin	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	102	40 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-10	Manjimup	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	36	33 of 100 (Routine)
2019-09-10	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60	30 of 100 (Routine)
2019-09-11	Cape Leeuwin	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	102	45 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-11	Wiluna	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	60	34 of 100 (Routine)
2019-09-11	Eyre	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	31	31 of 100 (Routine)
2019-09-12	Albany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	100	48 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-12	Mount Barker	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	82	35 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-12	Narrogin	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80	35 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-13	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	54	36 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-13	Albany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	70	35 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-14	Albany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	57	38 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-14	Ceduna Post Office	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	72	32 of 100 (Routine)
2019-09-14	Ceduna AMO	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	72	32 of 100 (Routine)
2019-09-15	Adelaide West Terrace	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	130	42 of 100 (Notable)
2019-09-15	Cleve	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	37	31 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 252 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.8	100
1.0	102
1.1	102
1.0	130
1.6	89
0.1	102
0.4	57
5.5	54
1.4	70
0.4	82
0.5	80
3.8	60
5.1	36
2.0	72
1.9	72
2.1	60
4.8	31
4.6	37
1.7	60
3.2	50
1.2	68
0.6	68
2.0	56
5.2	37
0.9	64
2.5	42
3.8	44
3.6	37
3.3	32
3.4	37
5.2	30
1.6	60
3.2	36
3.8	44
1.0	38
3.1	44
3.3	44
4.2	32
4.5	37
1.4	44
4.3	20
4.1	32
1.7	54
2.0	18
3.6	18
3.0	37
0.5	60
1.1	54
2.5	32
2.3	32
3.0	24
5.4	6
2.4	25
2.4	38
2.1	36
0.1	56
0.4	52
2.1	32
3.6	24
1.1	50
1.9	37
2.0	32
2.4	37
0.9	42
2.1	25
2.3	25
1.0	37
2.3	24
0.6	44
0.8	44
2.0	37
3.1	22
5.6	12
2.6	25
2.2	32
5.2	6
0.6	37
0.6	36
1.8	36
2.4	36
3.6	16
0.9	4
1.5	4
0.1	44
1.1	37
1.3	37
0.6	37
1.5	37
1.3	37
4.9	6
1.1	36
1.9	28
4.8	16
0.2	37
0.3	37
4.2	20
3.0	20
3.5	20
1.4	37
0.2	44
0.6	32
2.1	24
1.2	37
2.4	18
1.5	30
0.3	44
1.0	24
0.9	37
0.1	4
1.8	29
4.1	6
2.2	24
2.2	18
2.6	24
3.4	6
0.3	37
4.0	8
1.5	16
0.1	36
0.5	36
1.8	22
2.6	16
0.3	37
2.4	6
1.5	4
0.8	32
3.4	8
0.1	36
2.6	16
0.7	36
0.4	37
2.0	20
4.2	6
1.3	24
0.6	24
0.1	30
0.8	32
1.2	24
3.0	4
1.7	20
4.1	16
0.1	36
2.0	16
0.7	17
1.7	22
1.2	20
0.3	24
0.7	16
1.1	4
0.9	24
0.4	28
2.3	4
3.2	4
0.4	32
1.2	12
0.6	18
2.9	6
1.4	22
0.7	22
2.3	4
2.3	4
1.1	18
1.6	18
3.0	4
1.2	16
1.4	22
0.8	22
1.6	16
0.9	20
0.6	22
0.6	20
0.8	22
0.8	20
1.1	16
1.2	4
2.4	4
0.1	24
2.6	4
1.7	8
1.3	16
0.9	20
0.3	22
0.4	21
2.1	9
0.1	24
0.1	20
0.3	20
0.9	4
1.0	4
0.7	4
1.6	4
0.7	18
1.5	12
1.6	8
0.1	22
1.4	6
2.4	4
1.5	22
1.0	4
0.9	6

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
1.8	100
1.0	102
1.1	102
1.0	130
1.6	89
0.1	102
0.4	57
5.5	54
1.4	70
0.4	82
0.5	80
3.8	60
5.1	36
2.0	72
1.9	72
2.1	60
4.8	31
4.6	37
1.7	60
3.2	50
1.2	68
0.6	68
2.0	56
5.2	37
0.9	64
2.5	42
3.8	44
3.6	37
3.3	32
3.4	37
5.2	30
1.6	60
3.2	36
3.8	44
1.0	38
3.1	44
3.3	44
4.2	32
4.5	37
1.4	44
4.3	20
4.1	32
1.7	54
2.0	18
3.6	18
3.0	37
0.5	60
1.1	54
2.5	32
2.3	32
3.0	24
5.4	6
2.4	25
2.4	38
2.1	36
0.1	56
0.4	52
2.1	32
3.6	24
1.1	50
1.9	37
2.0	32
2.4	37
0.9	42
2.1	25
2.3	25
1.0	37
2.3	24
0.6	44
0.8	44
2.0	37
3.1	22
5.6	12
2.6	25
2.2	32
5.2	6
0.6	37
0.6	36
1.8	36
2.4	36
3.6	16
0.9	4
1.5	4
0.1	44
1.1	37
1.3	37
0.6	37
1.5	37
1.3	37
4.9	6
1.1	36
1.9	28
4.8	16
0.2	37
0.3	37
4.2	20
3.0	20
3.5	20
1.4	37
0.2	44
0.6	32
2.1	24
1.2	37
2.4	18
1.5	30
0.3	44
1.0	24
0.9	37
0.1	4
1.8	29
4.1	6
2.2	24
2.2	18
2.6	24
3.4	6
0.3	37
4.0	8
1.5	16
0.1	36
0.5	36
1.8	22
2.6	16
0.3	37
2.4	6
1.5	4
0.8	32
3.4	8
0.1	36
2.6	16
0.7	36
0.4	37
2.0	20
4.2	6
1.3	24
0.6	24
0.1	30
0.8	32
1.2	24
3.0	4
1.7	20
4.1	16
0.1	36
2.0	16
0.7	17
1.7	22
1.2	20
0.3	24
0.7	16
1.1	4
0.9	24
0.4	28
2.3	4
3.2	4
0.4	32
1.2	12
0.6	18
2.9	6
1.4	22
0.7	22
2.3	4
2.3	4
1.1	18
1.6	18
3.0	4
1.2	16
1.4	22
0.8	22
1.6	16
0.9	20
0.6	22
0.6	20
0.8	22
0.8	20
1.1	16
1.2	4
2.4	4
0.1	24
2.6	4
1.7	8
1.3	16
0.9	20
0.3	22
0.4	21
2.1	9
0.1	24
0.1	20
0.3	20
0.9	4
1.0	4
0.7	4
1.6	4
0.7	18
1.5	12
1.6	8
0.1	22
1.4	6
2.4	4
1.5	22
1.0	4
0.9	6