Weather Records on 23 September 1941

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 1941. Highest significance: Alamogordo 1, US.

Key Facts for 23 September 1941

On 23 September 1941, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 480 daily.
Alamogordo 1 set a daily record precipitation of 63.8 mm (2.5 in) on 23 September 1941.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 23 September 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moira Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Badvel	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salepur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 23 September 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 September 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 1941

Top 20 records on 23 September 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 1941	Alamogordo 1, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Las Animas, US	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Bapatla, IN	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Aurora, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Artesia 6S, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Wattle Flat General Store, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Julesburg, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Murdo, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Campbells Forest (Yarraberb), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Trinidad, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1941	Brid Farm, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1941	Chengannur, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1941	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	64 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

1793 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 490 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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	380
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2