Weather Records on 26 September 1924

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1924. Highest significance: Lakefield, CA.

Key Facts for 26 September 1924

On 26 September 1924, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 145 daily.
Lakefield set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 26 September 1924.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 26 September 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 September 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

124 broken records

Margins by which the 124 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1924

Top 20 records on 26 September 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1924	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1924	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1924	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1924	Athens, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1924	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Talbotton, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	monthly high max	37.5 C (99.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Algona, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Tampa, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Athens, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	monthly low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1924	Anderson, US	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1924. 1924 had 148 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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 10	102
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1