Weather Records on 16 September 1915

50 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1915. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 16 September 1915

On 16 September 1915, 50 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 48 daily.
Oxford set a daily record high minimum temperature of 17.7 C (63.9 F) on 16 September 1915.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

50 stations

50 station records on 16 September 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

50 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 12.

Records on 16 September 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

42 broken records

Margins by which the 42 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1915

Top 20 records on 16 September 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1915	Oxford, GB	daily high min	17.7 C (63.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1915	Bic, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Welland, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Yarmouth, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Orillia, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Toledo Blade, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1915	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	28 years	14 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

1793 to 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1915. 1915 had 50 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	36
5 to 10	1
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1