Weather Records on 17 September 1926

154 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1926. Highest significance: Oakdale, US.

Key Facts for 17 September 1926

On 17 September 1926, 154 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 151 daily.
Oakdale set a daily record precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 17 September 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

154 stations

154 station records on 17 September 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynd #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

154 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 September 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 September 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

119 broken records

Margins by which the 119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1926

Top 20 records on 17 September 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1926	Oakdale, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1926	Yantabulla Station, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1926	Lynd #2, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1926	New London, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1926	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Cowles, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Oxford, GB	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Calumet, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Fort Macleod, CA	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Banff, CA	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1926	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 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

1796 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1926. 1926 had 154 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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	101
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1