Weather Records on 12 September 1942

337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1942. Highest significance: Norddal, NO.

Key Facts for 12 September 1942

On 12 September 1942, 337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 329 daily.
Norddal set a daily record snow depth of 97.0 cm (38.2 in) on 12 September 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

337 stations

337 station records on 12 September 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kusrangi	India	Record daily precipitation	335.3 mm (13.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chhuikhadan	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pindron	India	Record daily precipitation	325.9 mm (12.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pailani	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 170	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baudhgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qualco (Kaluna Vineyards)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

337 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 September 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 September 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 329.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

298 broken records

Margins by which the 298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 970.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1942

Top 20 records on 12 September 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1942	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Mahasamund, IN	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Rampur, IN	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Kusrangi, IN	all-time rain	335.3 mm (13.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Kurud, IN	monthly rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Raipur, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Khapari, IN	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Armori, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Baloda Bazar, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Rajnandgaon, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Chhuikhadan, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Hachita 1W, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1942	Pindron, IN	all-time rain	325.9 mm (12.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	35 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

1793 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 337 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 200	297
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1