Weather Records on 22 September 1950

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1950. Highest significance: Parnu, EE.

Key Facts for 22 September 1950

On 22 September 1950, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 375 daily.
Parnu set an all-time record daily precipitation of 95.4 mm (3.8 in) on 22 September 1950.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 22 September 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stony River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 22 September 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1950

Top 20 records on 22 September 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1950	Parnu, EE	all-time rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 September 1950	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Cuttack, IN	monthly rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Cuttack, IN	monthly rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Cumberland, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Voru, EE	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Clay, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Ashland, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Ruhnu, LV	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Camden on Gauley 2 SW, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Hancock, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Wilmington 3 N, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Parker 1 E, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1950	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 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 394 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	246
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1