Weather Records on 17 September 1922

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1922. Highest significance: Mittagong Head Station, AU.

Key Facts for 17 September 1922

On 17 September 1922, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 44 daily.
Mittagong Head Station set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 17 September 1922.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 17 September 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Borambola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa (Gipsy Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 32.

Records on 17 September 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

38 broken records

Margins by which the 38 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1922

Top 20 records on 17 September 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1922	Mittagong Head Station, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1922	Bjuraker, SE	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1922	The Rock (Bullenbong), AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1922	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Grong Grong (Berembed), AU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Umea, SE	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Landsort, SE	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Needles, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Borambola, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Treherne, CA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	11 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1922	Sydney, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	21 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

1796 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1922. 1922 had 47 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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	22
5 to 10	10
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1