Weather Records on 12 September 1926

89 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1926. Highest significance: Wamego 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 12 September 1926

On 12 September 1926, 89 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 85 daily.
Wamego 4 W set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 12 September 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

89 stations

89 station records on 12 September 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

89 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 September 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 85.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

75 broken records

Margins by which the 75 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 148.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1926

Top 20 records on 12 September 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1926	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1926	Burlington, US	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1926	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1926	Lebo, US	monthly rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	S Haven, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Cottbus, DE	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Manhattan, US	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Kristianstad, SE	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Bamberg, DE	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Fillmore, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	7 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1926	Thorpdale State School, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	34 years	17 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 89 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 20	69
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1