Weather Records on 18 September 1952

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 September 1952. Highest significance: Jalpaiguri, IN.

Key Facts for 18 September 1952

On 18 September 1952, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 335 daily.
Jalpaiguri set a daily record precipitation of 242.8 mm (9.6 in) on 18 September 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 18 September 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 September 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smoko	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lima East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 18 September 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 18 September 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 September 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 September 1952

Top 20 records on 18 September 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 September 1952	Jalpaiguri, IN	daily rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Dandongadale (Mountain View), AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Helena, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Newport, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Mount McIntyre, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Bancroft, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Armagh, GB	daily low min	1.4 C (34.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Griffin, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Anderson, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Hvar, HR	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Clarendon, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Danville, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1952	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1952	Smoko, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1952	Kalchini, IN	daily rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1952	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 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

1803 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1952. 1952 had 340 records.

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

Records on 09-18 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1811	1
1814	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	2
1847	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	4
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1869	1
1871	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1889	6
1890	1
1891	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	58
1904	6
1905	22
1906	16
1907	4
1908	11
1909	17
1910	5
1911	8
1912	43
1913	44
1914	56
1915	41
1916	58
1917	99
1918	57
1919	48
1920	56
1921	213
1922	45
1923	114
1924	62
1925	269
1926	205
1927	189
1928	114
1929	309
1930	124
1931	429
1932	226
1933	370
1934	188
1935	281
1936	155
1937	422
1938	373
1939	190
1940	402
1941	318
1942	1,001
1943	624
1944	503
1945	732
1946	576
1947	927
1948	427
1949	356
1950	370
1951	320
1952	340
1953	245
1954	446
1955	672
1956	587
1957	429
1958	491
1959	829
1960	351
1961	478
1962	360
1963	453
1964	282
1965	1,172
1966	498
1967	357
1968	763
1969	424
1970	377
1971	1,245
1972	691
1973	593
1974	559
1975	976
1976	615
1977	619
1978	1,162
1979	709
1980	652
1981	1,671
1982	603
1983	936
1984	951
1985	636
1986	730
1987	1,244
1988	997
1989	778
1990	904
1991	1,377
1992	821
1993	747
1994	852
1995	935
1996	1,237
1997	935
1998	1,038
1999	583
2000	1,146
2001	993
2002	828
2003	815
2004	1,027
2005	781
2006	1,309
2007	670
2008	697
2009	692
2010	1,040
2011	1,050
2012	922
2013	666
2014	682
2015	934
2016	893
2017	518
2018	1,200
2019	768
2020	682
2021	582
2022	613
2023	639
2024	687
2025	471
2026	864

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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 25	258
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1