Weather Records on 26 September 1950

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1950. Highest significance: Portarlington, AU.

Key Facts for 26 September 1950

On 26 September 1950, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 499 daily.
Portarlington set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 26 September 1950.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 26 September 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narrawa (Hollywood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skagit Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 265.

Records on 26 September 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1950

Top 20 records on 26 September 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1950	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Agartala, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Bulgroo Station, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Comongin North, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Giffard, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Parkdale, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Leongatha, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Kooskia, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Beechal, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Kinston 7 SE, US	monthly low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Windorah Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Tarboro 1 S, US	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1950	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1950	Thylungra Station, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1812 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1950. 1950 had 526 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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	355
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1