Weather Records on 15 September 1916

44 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 1916. Highest significance: Kingston Queens U, CA.

Key Facts for 15 September 1916

On 15 September 1916, 44 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 44 daily.
Kingston Queens U set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 15 September 1916.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

44 stations

44 station records on 15 September 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

44 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 17, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 September 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 September 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 1916

Top 20 records on 15 September 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 1916	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1916	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1916	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1916	Madison Wb City, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Dubuque River, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Brome, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Hanover, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	43 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Toledo Blade, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Concordia ASOS, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1916	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	26 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

1797 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1916. 1916 had 44 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 September 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	32
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1