Weather Records on 11 September 1926

137 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 September 1926. Highest significance: Hill End Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 September 1926

On 11 September 1926, 137 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 136 daily.
Hill End Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 11 September 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

137 stations

137 station records on 11 September 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 September 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotslea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barsham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kenalea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

137 records

Records set or tied on 11 September 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 103.

Records on 11 September 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 September 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

123 broken records

Margins by which the 123 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 September 1926

Top 20 records on 11 September 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 September 1926	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1926	Bologna, IT	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1926	Cowra Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1926	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1926	Marsden (Merungle), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Bisbee, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Wandary, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Katella, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Eugowra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Waverley (Belltrees 2), AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Abbotslea, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Napoleon, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Cootamundra (Landgrove), AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1926	Glendive, US	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 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

1809 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1926. 1926 had 137 records.

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

Records on 09-11 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1814	3
1818	1
1830	1
1836	1
1838	3
1839	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	1
1860	2
1861	1
1863	2
1865	3
1866	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	15
1903	13
1904	4
1905	5
1906	10
1907	9
1908	20
1909	12
1910	19
1911	9
1912	25
1913	22
1914	52
1915	160
1916	17
1917	88
1918	62
1919	52
1920	158
1921	52
1922	78
1923	44
1924	290
1925	260
1926	137
1927	300
1928	127
1929	206
1930	136
1931	868
1932	210
1933	276
1934	144
1935	410
1936	567
1937	324
1938	288
1939	561
1940	891
1941	210
1942	234
1943	335
1944	446
1945	341
1946	262
1947	611
1948	424
1949	450
1950	462
1951	247
1952	549
1953	392
1954	363
1955	479
1956	539
1957	470
1958	748
1959	488
1960	423
1961	524
1962	480
1963	359
1964	1,195
1965	414
1966	392
1967	478
1968	835
1969	685
1970	474
1971	464
1972	507
1973	612
1974	430
1975	644
1976	920
1977	406
1978	911
1979	596
1980	474
1981	347
1982	862
1983	1,243
1984	888
1985	844
1986	1,221
1987	595
1988	1,019
1989	1,301
1990	840
1991	843
1992	672
1993	809
1994	713
1995	619
1996	1,030
1997	808
1998	1,821
1999	1,073
2000	1,469
2001	826
2002	1,059
2003	1,022
2004	740
2005	1,163
2006	1,132
2007	947
2008	916
2009	774
2010	965
2011	1,051
2012	687
2013	1,207
2014	1,100
2015	683
2016	677
2017	916
2018	763
2019	806
2020	1,235
2021	851
2022	617
2023	1,034
2024	889
2025	917
2026	615

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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	73
5 to 10	29
10 to 15	12
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	3