Weather Records on 14 September 1952

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1952. Highest significance: Alexandria (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 14 September 1952

On 14 September 1952, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 454 daily.
Alexandria (Bos) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 189.5 mm (7.5 in) on 14 September 1952.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 14 September 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kawainui Lower 193	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 135.

Records on 14 September 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1952

Top 20 records on 14 September 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1952	Alexandria (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Klipplaat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Uitenhage, ZA	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Montreal River, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Palmetto, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Orangeville, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1952	Brantford, CA	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1952	Middelwater, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1952	Livingston, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1952	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1952	Greenville 2 W, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	32 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

1814 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1952. 1952 had 469 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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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	299
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2