Weather Records on 16 September 1951

290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1951. Highest significance: Lysebotn, NO.

Key Facts for 16 September 1951

On 16 September 1951, 290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 286 daily.
Lysebotn set a daily record precipitation of 67.9 mm (2.7 in) on 16 September 1951.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

290 stations

290 station records on 16 September 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springville Tule Hd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

290 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 52.

Records on 16 September 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

225 broken records

Margins by which the 225 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1951

Top 20 records on 16 September 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1951	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1951	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1951	Newberry, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1951	Blair, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1951	Bulken, NO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1951	Westcliffe, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Cramond, Albert Fall, ZA	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Belur, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Sankari, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Mission 4 W, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Bell Ranch, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Portales, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Truchas, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Tasiilaq, GL	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1951	Sanivarsanthe, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	26 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 290 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 10	207
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1