Weather Records on 16 September 1916

60 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1916. Highest significance: Gunnedah Pool, AU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1916

On 16 September 1916, 60 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 60 daily.
Gunnedah Pool set a daily record high minimum temperature of 16.7 C (62.1 F) on 16 September 1916.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

60 stations

60 station records on 16 September 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

60 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 6.

Records on 16 September 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	6
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 60.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 12.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1916

Top 20 records on 16 September 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Madison Wb City, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Halmstad, SE	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Morgantown 1, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	42 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Dubuque River, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Beatrice, CA	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Port Dover, CA	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Parry Sound, CA	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1916	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	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

1793 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 60 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 2	34
2 to 4	8
4 to 6	2
6 to 8	3
8 to 10	0
10 to 12	0
12 to 14	1