Weather Records on 26 September 1951

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1951. Highest significance: Milton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 September 1951

On 26 September 1951, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 521 daily.
Milton Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 26 September 1951.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 26 September 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santhanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meycode Adandai	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Udumalpet	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 29.

Records on 26 September 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1951

Top 20 records on 26 September 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1951	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1951	Glenfield (Macquarie), AU	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1951	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1951	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1951	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1951	Marulan (George St), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1951	Burrawang (Range Street), AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1951	Nowra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Exeter, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Dapto Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Santhanpara, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1951	Perumpavur, IN	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	50 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

1812 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1951. 1951 had 540 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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Data for records on 1951-09-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	393
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4