Weather Records on 22 September 1944

299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1944. Highest significance: Mahackala, RU.

Key Facts for 22 September 1944

On 22 September 1944, 299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 292 daily.
Mahackala set an all-time record daily precipitation of 103.5 mm (4.1 in) on 22 September 1944.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

299 stations

299 station records on 22 September 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tangi	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jankia	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Todgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoaeae Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

299 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 101.

Records on 22 September 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 292.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

231 broken records

Margins by which the 231 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1944

Top 20 records on 22 September 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1944	Mahackala, RU	all-time rain	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 September 1944	Ageon, IN	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1944	Khurda, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1944	Tangi, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1944	Jankia, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1944	Samastipur, IN	monthly rain	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Chama, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Maharajganj, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Granite Reef Dam, US	daily high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Trout Creek 2 W, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Anacortes, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Esplanada, BR	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Periakulam, IN	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Waterbury, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Santa Fe, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Dongargarh, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Todgarh, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Westcliffe, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1944	Darauli, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	25 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

1793 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 299 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	209
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1