Weather Records on 7 September 1949

705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1949. Highest significance: Schoonoord, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 September 1949

On 7 September 1949, 705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 694 daily.
Schoonoord set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 7 September 1949.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

705 stations

705 station records on 7 September 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermanas	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

705 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 374.

Records on 7 September 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 694.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

598 broken records

Margins by which the 598 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1949

Top 20 records on 7 September 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1949	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	White Cliffs (Wonnaminta), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Vredefort (Skl), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Wonderfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Adavale Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Beulah, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Badagara, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Artern, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Vlaklaagte, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Monroe 2 SE, US	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Pratapgarh, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Chandrapur, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Adamshoop, ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1949	Dunlop, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	39 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

1802 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1949. 1949 had 705 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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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	436
10 to 20	99
20 to 30	40
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2