Weather Records on 17 September 1932

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1932. Highest significance: Merriwa (Merry Vale), AU.

Key Facts for 17 September 1932

On 17 September 1932, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 361 daily.
Merriwa (Merry Vale) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.7 mm (3.7 in) on 17 September 1932.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 17 September 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie (Rotherfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kunderang East (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 325.

Records on 17 September 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 63, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1932

Top 20 records on 17 September 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1932	Merriwa (Merry Vale), AU	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 September 1932	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 September 1932	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 September 1932	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 September 1932	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Gardiner, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Walcha Post Office, AU	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Blackheath (Lawrence St), AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Bic, CA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1932	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	48 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

1796 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1932. 1932 had 425 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 20	294
20 to 40	73
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1