Weather Records on 16 September 1950

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1950. Highest significance: Sirohi, IN.

Key Facts for 16 September 1950

On 16 September 1950, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 484 daily.
Sirohi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 266.7 mm (10.5 in) on 16 September 1950.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 16 September 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Letjiebos (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manawar	India	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nadiad	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ujjain	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanumangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mologa Fine View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oorlogshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kapadvanj	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 September 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1950

Top 20 records on 16 September 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1950	Sirohi, IN	monthly rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1950	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Letjiebos (Sar), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Forse, SE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Wien, AT	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Narsinghpur, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Pitea, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Whitfield, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Sonkatch, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Szombathely, HU	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Manawar, IN	monthly rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Danville, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Fulton, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1950	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	41 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 506 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	354
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2