Weather Records on 18 September 1913

44 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 September 1913. Highest significance: Fir Glen, ZA.

Key Facts for 18 September 1913

On 18 September 1913, 44 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 42 daily.
Fir Glen set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 18 September 1913.
Across 163 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

44 stations

44 station records on 18 September 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 September 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nocoleche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

44 records

Records set or tied on 18 September 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 34.

Records on 18 September 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 September 1913 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 September 1913

Top 20 records on 18 September 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 September 1913	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1913	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1913	Middleton (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1913	Calga, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Caledon (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Galway, IE	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Wentworth (Avoca), AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station), AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Gavle, SE	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1913	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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

1803 to 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1913. 1913 had 44 records.

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

Records on 09-18 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1811	1
1814	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	2
1847	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	4
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1869	1
1871	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1889	6
1890	1
1891	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	58
1904	6
1905	22
1906	16
1907	4
1908	11
1909	17
1910	5
1911	8
1912	43
1913	44
1914	56
1915	41
1916	58
1917	99
1918	57
1919	48
1920	56
1921	213
1922	45
1923	114
1924	62
1925	269
1926	205
1927	189
1928	114
1929	309
1930	124
1931	429
1932	226
1933	370
1934	188
1935	281
1936	155
1937	422
1938	373
1939	190
1940	402
1941	318
1942	1,001
1943	624
1944	503
1945	732
1946	576
1947	927
1948	427
1949	356
1950	370
1951	320
1952	340
1953	245
1954	446
1955	672
1956	587
1957	429
1958	491
1959	829
1960	351
1961	478
1962	360
1963	453
1964	282
1965	1,172
1966	498
1967	357
1968	763
1969	424
1970	377
1971	1,245
1972	691
1973	593
1974	559
1975	976
1976	615
1977	619
1978	1,162
1979	709
1980	652
1981	1,671
1982	603
1983	936
1984	951
1985	636
1986	730
1987	1,244
1988	997
1989	778
1990	904
1991	1,377
1992	821
1993	747
1994	852
1995	935
1996	1,237
1997	935
1998	1,038
1999	583
2000	1,146
2001	993
2002	828
2003	815
2004	1,027
2005	781
2006	1,309
2007	670
2008	697
2009	692
2010	1,040
2011	1,050
2012	922
2013	666
2014	682
2015	934
2016	893
2017	518
2018	1,200
2019	768
2020	682
2021	582
2022	613
2023	639
2024	687
2025	471
2026	864

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	24
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1