Weather Records on 19 September 1942

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1942. Highest significance: Crosbyton, US.

Key Facts for 19 September 1942

On 19 September 1942, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
362 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 816 daily.
Crosbyton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 19 September 1942.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 19 September 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarbad	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 19 September 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 September 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 1942

Top 20 records on 19 September 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1942	Crosbyton, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Oconto 4 W, US	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Dhanbad Sr, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Childress 3 W, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Muzaffarbad, PK	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Spur, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Brockville, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Mount Forest, CA	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Parnu, EE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Basirhat, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Lund, SE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Pleasanton, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1942	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 September 1942	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	33 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

1805 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1942. 1942 had 830 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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	601
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1