Weather Records on 22 September 1923

118 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1923. Highest significance: Lyndoch, AU.

Key Facts for 22 September 1923

On 22 September 1923, 118 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 113 daily.
Lyndoch set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 22 September 1923.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

118 stations

118 station records on 22 September 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

118 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 67.

Records on 22 September 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 113.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

95 broken records

Margins by which the 95 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1923

Top 20 records on 22 September 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1923	Lyndoch, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Williamstown, AU	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1923	Ukiah, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1923	Glenelg Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1923	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1923	Southern Pines 2 W, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1923	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1923	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1923	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1923	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1923	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	27 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1923. 1923 had 118 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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 22 September 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	68
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1