Weather Records on 23 September 1949

496 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 1949. Highest significance: Alibag-Cvl.Hosp., IN.

Key Facts for 23 September 1949

On 23 September 1949, 496 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 485 daily.
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp. set an all-time record daily precipitation of 407.7 mm (16.1 in) on 23 September 1949.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

496 stations

496 station records on 23 September 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	407.7 mm (16.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murbad	India	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	432.8 mm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	319.0 mm (12.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munnar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwandi	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	221.5 mm (8.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Panvel	India	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

496 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 23 September 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 September 1949 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 485.

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 206.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 1949

Top 20 records on 23 September 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 1949	Alibag-Cvl.Hosp., IN	all-time rain	407.7 mm (16.1 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 September 1949	Cumbam, IN	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Sanivarsanthe, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Murbad, IN	daily rain	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Sussex, CA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN	all-time rain	432.8 mm (17.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Thana, IN	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Chiplun, IN	daily rain	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Mandangad, IN	daily rain	319.0 mm (12.6 in)	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Mahim, IN	daily rain	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Munnar, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Igatpuri, IN	monthly rain	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Bassein, IN	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Canbelego Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Roha, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Dhond, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1949	Bhir, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	35 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

1793 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 496 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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 50	364
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1