Weather Records on 27 September 1926

581 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1926. Highest significance: Bisbee, US.

Key Facts for 27 September 1926

On 27 September 1926, 581 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 280 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 88 monthly and 493 daily.
Bisbee set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 27 September 1926.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

581 stations

581 station records on 27 September 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goorianawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baan Baa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

581 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 290.

Records on 27 September 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 88, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

519 broken records

Margins by which the 519 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1926

Top 20 records on 27 September 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1926	Bisbee, US	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1926	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Godegard, SE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Cleve, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Cooke Plains, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Yandina Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Hungerford, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Cubbaroo, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Boonara, AU	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1926	Mullaley (Garrawilla), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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

1799 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1926. 1926 had 581 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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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	376
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	43
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3