Weather Records on 20 September 1932

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1932. Highest significance: Port Gibson 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 20 September 1932

On 20 September 1932, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 267 daily.
Port Gibson 1 NE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 134.6 mm (5.3 in) on 20 September 1932.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

270 stations

270 station records on 20 September 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nethercote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 20 September 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 September 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 164.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1932

Top 20 records on 20 September 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1932	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Yates Hydro Plt, US	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Carrabelle 1 NNW, US	daily rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Vicksburg, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Macon 2 NE, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Banki Bankigarh, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Mauzy, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Rushville, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1932	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	36 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

1812 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1932. 1932 had 270 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

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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 25	210
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1