Weather Records on 15 September 1941

276 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 1941. Highest significance: Beatrice, US.

Key Facts for 15 September 1941

On 15 September 1941, 276 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 264 daily.
Beatrice set a monthly record daily precipitation of 122.2 mm (4.8 in) on 15 September 1941.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

276 stations

276 station records on 15 September 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	275.6 mm (10.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

276 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 September 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 September 1941 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

222 broken records

Margins by which the 222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 1941

Top 20 records on 15 September 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 1941	Beatrice, US	monthly rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Dromana, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Fairbury 7S, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Corning, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Greenfield, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Superior, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Bedford, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Clarinda, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Mekliganj, IN	monthly rain	275.6 mm (10.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Syracuse, US	all-time rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Alton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Le Mars, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1941	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1941	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1941	Nebraska City 1 NW, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1941	Afton, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1941	St Joseph Wbo, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	31 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

1797 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1941. 1941 had 276 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 September 1941
Margin	Records
0 to 20	188
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1