Weather Records on 7 September 1942

415 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1942. Highest significance: Medford, US.

Key Facts for 7 September 1942

On 7 September 1942, 415 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 408 daily.
Medford set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 7 September 1942.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

415 stations

415 station records on 7 September 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Budhlada	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhainswal	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jagraon	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sujangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

415 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 318.

Records on 7 September 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 408.

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 146.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1942

Top 20 records on 7 September 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1942	Medford, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1942	Budhlada, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Ranike, IN	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Potchefstroom;Braksp, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Bandher, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Randleman, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Graham, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Bee Branch, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Madurai, IN	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Sonamukhi, IN	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Joliet, US	monthly rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Smithfield, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Gundlupet, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Almora, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Una, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1942	Mysore, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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

1802 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1942. 1942 had 415 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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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	296
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1