Weather Records on 18 September 1926

205 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 September 1926. Highest significance: Albert Lea 3SE, US.

Key Facts for 18 September 1926

On 18 September 1926, 205 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 198 daily.
Albert Lea 3SE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 184.2 mm (7.3 in) on 18 September 1926.
Across 163 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

205 stations

205 station records on 18 September 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 September 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

205 records

Records set or tied on 18 September 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 18 September 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 September 1926 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 September 1926

Top 20 records on 18 September 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 September 1926	Albert Lea 3SE, US	all-time rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Barringun, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Algona, US	all-time rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Worthington, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Bollon Mary St, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Oxford, GB	daily high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Armagh, GB	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Lila Lower, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Armagh, GB	daily high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	West Bend, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1926	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1926	Northwood, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1926	Santee, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1926	Lynd #2, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1926	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 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

1803 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1926. 1926 had 205 records.

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

Records on 09-18 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1811	1
1814	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	2
1847	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	4
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1869	1
1871	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1889	6
1890	1
1891	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	58
1904	6
1905	22
1906	16
1907	4
1908	11
1909	17
1910	5
1911	8
1912	43
1913	44
1914	56
1915	41
1916	58
1917	99
1918	57
1919	48
1920	56
1921	213
1922	45
1923	114
1924	62
1925	269
1926	205
1927	189
1928	114
1929	309
1930	124
1931	429
1932	226
1933	370
1934	188
1935	281
1936	155
1937	422
1938	373
1939	190
1940	402
1941	318
1942	1,001
1943	624
1944	503
1945	732
1946	576
1947	927
1948	427
1949	356
1950	370
1951	320
1952	340
1953	245
1954	446
1955	672
1956	587
1957	429
1958	491
1959	829
1960	351
1961	478
1962	360
1963	453
1964	282
1965	1,172
1966	498
1967	357
1968	763
1969	424
1970	377
1971	1,245
1972	691
1973	593
1974	559
1975	976
1976	615
1977	619
1978	1,162
1979	709
1980	652
1981	1,671
1982	603
1983	936
1984	951
1985	636
1986	730
1987	1,244
1988	997
1989	778
1990	904
1991	1,377
1992	821
1993	747
1994	852
1995	935
1996	1,237
1997	935
1998	1,038
1999	583
2000	1,146
2001	993
2002	828
2003	815
2004	1,027
2005	781
2006	1,309
2007	670
2008	697
2009	692
2010	1,040
2011	1,050
2012	922
2013	666
2014	682
2015	934
2016	893
2017	518
2018	1,200
2019	768
2020	682
2021	582
2022	613
2023	639
2024	687
2025	471
2026	864

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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	118
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1