Weather Records on 10 September 1947

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1947. Highest significance: Virginia, US.

Key Facts for 10 September 1947

On 10 September 1947, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
370 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 520 daily.
Virginia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 137.7 mm (5.4 in) on 10 September 1947.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 10 September 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allepey Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jammu (In-AFB)	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 10 September 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 September 1947 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1947

Top 20 records on 10 September 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1947	Virginia, US	all-time rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1947	Fessenden, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Jokkmokk, SE	all-time rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Allepey Pwd, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Kanas, IN	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Lehal, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Barpeta, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Banda, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Livingston, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Jammu (In-AFB), IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Snyder, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1947	Woodstock, CA	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1947	Seleng, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1947	Muvattupuzha, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1947	Spicer, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	34 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

1812 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1947. 1947 had 534 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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 10	317
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2