Weather Records on 20 September 1922

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1922. Highest significance: Junsele, SE.

Key Facts for 20 September 1922

On 20 September 1922, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 51 daily.
Junsele set a daily record precipitation of 25.1 mm (1.0 in) on 20 September 1922.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 20 September 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 26.

Records on 20 September 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 September 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 18.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1922

Top 20 records on 20 September 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1922	Junsele, SE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Harnosand, SE	monthly low min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Cape Norman, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Ardrossan, AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Melton, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Meningie, AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Swift Current, CA	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1922	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	29 years	15 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

1812 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1922. 1922 had 52 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

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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 3	30
3 to 5	7
5 to 8	3
8 to 10	3
10 to 13	1
13 to 15	0
15 to 18	1
18 to 20	1