Weather Records on 20 September 1952

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1952. Highest significance: Williams, US.

Key Facts for 20 September 1952

On 20 September 1952, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 427 daily.
Williams set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 20 September 1952.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 20 September 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ona	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raywood Flats	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
South Nietta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 September 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 September 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1952

Top 20 records on 20 September 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1952	Williams, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Searchlight, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Barpeta, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Kindred (Invergordon), AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Teresina, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Golden Valley, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Natural Brg, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Prescott, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Seven Oaks, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Grand Canyon HQ, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1952	Jalpaiguri, IN	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1952	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1952	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1952	Ridgley, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1952	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1952	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1952	Latrobe (Coal Road), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1952	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 years	30 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

1812 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1952. 1952 had 434 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

Download the Data

Data for records on 1952-09-20: 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 10	315
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2