Weather Records on 16 September 1932

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1932. Highest significance: Leominster, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1932

On 16 September 1932, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 501 daily.
Leominster set an all-time record daily precipitation of 165.9 mm (6.5 in) on 16 September 1932.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 16 September 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bongeabong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Mowalba Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 431.

Records on 16 September 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	431
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1932 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 24, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

504 broken records

Margins by which the 504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1932

Top 20 records on 16 September 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1932	Leominster, US	all-time rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1932	Nashua 2 NNW, US	all-time rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1932	Baradine Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1932	Spring Ridge, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1932	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	monthly rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Portland, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Concord, US	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Bulgandramine, AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Tenterden, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Nyngan (Mudall), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Narra Allen, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Winchendon, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Hillmoor, ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	monthly rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1932	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	47 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

1793 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 533 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	392
20 to 40	84
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1