Weather Records on 7 September 1926

117 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1926. Highest significance: Braunschweig (T.H.), DE.

Key Facts for 7 September 1926

On 7 September 1926, 117 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 114 daily.
Braunschweig (T.H.) set a daily record precipitation of 29.1 mm (1.1 in) on 7 September 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

117 stations

117 station records on 7 September 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

117 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1926 by type: Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 79.

Records on 7 September 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 114.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

106 broken records

Margins by which the 106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1926

Top 20 records on 7 September 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1926	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1926	Flandreau, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1926	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1926	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1926	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1926	Yuma Wb City, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	New London, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Colfax, US	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Eastport, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Brocken, DE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Covington, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1926	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	34 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

1802 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1926. 1926 had 117 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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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 7 September 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	73
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1