Weather Records on 13 September 1939

918 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1939. Highest significance: Dudleys, US.

Key Facts for 13 September 1939

On 13 September 1939, 918 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
707 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 879 daily.
Dudleys set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 13 September 1939.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

918 stations

918 station records on 13 September 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hooghly	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

918 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 425, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 282, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 105.

Records on 13 September 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	425
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	282
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 879.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

686 broken records

Margins by which the 686 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1939

Top 20 records on 13 September 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1939	Dudleys, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1939	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1939	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1939	Emmett 2 E, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1939	Ranchi, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1939	Gop, IN	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1939	Gobindpur, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1939	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Dindori, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Jiwanpur Sagri, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Rangia, IN	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Payson Rs, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Diamond Harbour, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Patan, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Bargarh, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Yosemite Park HQ, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	N Loup, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1939	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	32 years	25 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 918 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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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	643
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1