Weather Records on 16 September 1922

147 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1922. Highest significance: Tatura Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1922

On 16 September 1922, 147 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 147 daily.
Tatura Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 16 September 1922.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

147 stations

147 station records on 16 September 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yarran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

147 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 16 September 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 147.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

134 broken records

Margins by which the 134 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1922

Top 20 records on 16 September 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1922	Tatura Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1922	Goulburn River @ Shepparton, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1922	Yea, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1922	Stawell, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1922	Alexandra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1922	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1922	Barmah East, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1922	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1922	Katandra North, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Boxwood, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Yielima Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Lake Eildon, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Amphitheatre, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1922	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	23 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1922. 1922 had 147 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 5	73
5 to 10	29
10 to 15	13
15 to 20	9
20 to 25	7
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	1