Weather Records on 12 September 1951

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1951. Highest significance: Medford, US.

Key Facts for 12 September 1951

On 12 September 1951, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 392 daily.
Medford set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 12 September 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 12 September 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nagode	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Punahana	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Unchhera	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 September 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 392.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1951

Top 20 records on 12 September 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1951	Medford, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Garotha, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Hornepayne, CA	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Itabaianinha, BR	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Aligarh, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Saidpur Bhitari, IN	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Nagode, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Punahana, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Jalaun, IN	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Pichhore(Dabra), IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Faribault, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1951	Wichita, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1951	St John's, CA	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1951	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 September 1951	Satna, IN	monthly rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	33 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

1793 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 399 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 20	270
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1