Weather Records on 16 September 1936

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1936. Highest significance: Katherine Council, AU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1936

On 16 September 1936, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 436 daily.
Katherine Council set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 16 September 1936.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 16 September 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peoria City Office	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ladania	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amchong(Sonepur)	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 218.

Records on 16 September 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1936 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

366 broken records

Margins by which the 366 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1936

Top 20 records on 16 September 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1936	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1936	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Kerrville, US	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Llano, US	all-time rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	S Haven, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Cowles, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Arantangi, IN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Macomb, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Pleasanton, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Lampasas, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Graham, US	all-time rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Amguri, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Bagepalli, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Palacode, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Coleman, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1936	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1936	Joliet, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1936	Simcoe, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1936	Rockford, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	32 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

1793 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 442 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	302
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1