Weather Records on 12 September 1950

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1950. Highest significance: Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU.

Key Facts for 12 September 1950

On 12 September 1950, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 563 daily.
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio set a daily record precipitation of 90.7 mm (3.6 in) on 12 September 1950.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 12 September 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beecroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego the Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonahatu	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 219, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 289.

Records on 12 September 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	219
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 563.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1950

Top 20 records on 12 September 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1950	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1950	Sawantwadi, IN	monthly rain	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1950	Sringeri, IN	monthly rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1950	Cessnock Post Office, AU	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1950	Cooranbong (Avondale), AU	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Kudal, IN	daily rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals), AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Pokolbin (Ben Ean), AU	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Vengurla, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Lowell, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	East Maitland Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Wollong, AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Devgad, IN	daily rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Rajapur, IN	daily rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1950	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	48 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 578 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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	431
25 to 50	43
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1