Weather Records on 27 September 1942

1,353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1942. Highest significance: Mantova, IT.

Key Facts for 27 September 1942

On 27 September 1942, 1,353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 785 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 194 monthly and 1,159 daily.
Mantova set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.0 mm (3.3 in) on 27 September 1942.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,353 stations

1,353 station records on 27 September 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heath Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blacksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,353 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 370, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 415, Heaviest daily rainfall 424, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 September 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	370
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	415
Heaviest daily rainfall	424
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 September 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 194, daily 1,159.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,116 broken records

Margins by which the 1,116 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1942

Top 20 records on 27 September 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1942	Mantova, IT	monthly rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Layton 3 NW, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Eufaula, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Gordon, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Montezuma 2 NW, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Lowville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Heath Springs, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Milstead, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Yates Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1942	Newton, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	46 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

1799 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1942. 1942 had 1,353 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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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 25	991
25 to 50	92
50 to 75	25
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1