Weather Records on 16 September 1941

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1941. Highest significance: Danevang 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1941

On 16 September 1941, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 307 daily.
Danevang 1 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 172.7 mm (6.8 in) on 16 September 1941.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

319 stations

319 station records on 16 September 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murbad	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Risod	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 16 September 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1941

Top 20 records on 16 September 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1941	Danevang 1 W, US	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Audley National Park Bottom St, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Burruer (Illaroo), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Penrose (Panorama), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Attabari, IN	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Goulburn (Kippilaw), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Nowra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Marulan (George St), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Mancelona, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Munising, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Beatrice, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1941	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	61 years	34 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 319 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	216
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1