Weather Records on 16 September 1921

62 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1921. Highest significance: Gorki, BY.

Key Facts for 16 September 1921

On 16 September 1921, 62 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 61 daily.
Gorki set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 16 September 1921.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

62 stations

62 station records on 16 September 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

62 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 September 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 61.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

50 broken records

Margins by which the 50 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1921

Top 20 records on 16 September 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1921	Gorki, BY	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1921	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1921	Swift Current, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1921	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1921	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1921	Euroa, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Malvern, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Chaplin, CA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Grenfell, CA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Wien, AT	daily high max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Wellington (Agrowplow), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Grenfell, CA	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Stonecliffe, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Charlottetown, CA	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1921	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 years	16 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 62 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 20	43
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1