Weather Records on 26 September 1943

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1943. Highest significance: Shahganj, IN.

Key Facts for 26 September 1943

On 26 September 1943, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
199 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 483 daily.
Shahganj set an all-time record daily precipitation of 328.2 mm (12.9 in) on 26 September 1943.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 26 September 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	328.2 mm (12.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	265.9 mm (10.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barsoe	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kerakat	India	Record daily precipitation	254.3 mm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chandauli	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	349.5 mm (13.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pendraka	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amchong(Sonepur)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 152.

Records on 26 September 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1943 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 39, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 184.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1943

Top 20 records on 26 September 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1943	Shahganj, IN	all-time rain	328.2 mm (12.9 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1943	Mahul Pnulpur, IN	all-time rain	265.9 mm (10.5 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1943	Mirzapur, IN	monthly rain	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Hamilton Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Jalalpur, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Barsoe, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Mariahu, IN	monthly rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Katwa, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Kunda, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Darauli, IN	daily rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Meja, IN	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Deogaon Lalganj, IN	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Kerakat, IN	daily rain	254.3 mm (10.0 in)	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Machhlisnahr, IN	monthly rain	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Sacaton, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Manginapudi, IN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Soraon, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Chandauli, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Varanasi, IN	all-time rain	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1943	Jaunpur, IN	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 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

1812 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1943. 1943 had 526 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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	359
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1