Weather Records on 22 September 1916

236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1916. Highest significance: Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU.

Key Facts for 22 September 1916

On 22 September 1916, 236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 227 daily.
Swan Hill (Murray Downs) set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 22 September 1916.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

236 stations

236 station records on 22 September 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

236 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1916 by type: Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 22 September 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1916

Top 20 records on 22 September 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1916	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Mount Macedon, AU	all-time rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Callington, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Netley, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Bindara (Netley), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Minimay (Booroopki), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Beeac (Eurack), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Berrybank, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1916	Winchelsea (Murdeduke), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

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 236 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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 22 September 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	107
10 to 20	94
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1