Weather Records on 26 September 1916

111 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1916. Highest significance: Tarcutta Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 September 1916

On 26 September 1916, 111 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 108 daily.
Tarcutta Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 26 September 1916.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

111 stations

111 station records on 26 September 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Red Hill Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

111 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1916 by type: Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 105.

Records on 26 September 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 108.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

106 broken records

Margins by which the 106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1916

Top 20 records on 26 September 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1916	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Tarcutta, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Tumbarumba 1, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Briagolong, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	The Rock (Bullenbong), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Beenak, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Stradbroke Post Office, AU	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Sale, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1916	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	36 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

1812 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1916. 1916 had 111 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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 26 September 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	59
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2