Weather Records on 18 September 1916

58 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 September 1916. Highest significance: Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE.

Key Facts for 18 September 1916

On 18 September 1916, 58 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 58 daily.
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.) set a daily record precipitation of 27.3 mm (1.1 in) on 18 September 1916.
Across 163 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

58 stations

58 station records on 18 September 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 September 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

58 records

Records set or tied on 18 September 1916 by type: Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 22.

Records on 18 September 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 September 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 58.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 14.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 September 1916

Top 20 records on 18 September 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 September 1916	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1916	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Varberg, SE	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Nora_D, SE	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Boras, SE	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Orebro, SE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Port Arthur, CA	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	2 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 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

1803 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1916. 1916 had 58 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 2	28
2 to 4	2
4 to 6	2
6 to 8	5
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	2
12 to 14	2
14 to 16	1