Weather Records on 23 September 1952

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 1952. Highest significance: Ballia, IN.

Key Facts for 23 September 1952

On 23 September 1952, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 425 daily.
Ballia set a daily record precipitation of 141.0 mm (5.6 in) on 23 September 1952.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 23 September 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	334.0 mm (13.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sepaya	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	341.6 mm (13.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chapra Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ghosi	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Talent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rajgangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 23 September 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 23 September 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 425.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 244.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 1952

Top 20 records on 23 September 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 1952	Ballia, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 September 1952	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	334.0 mm (13.1 in)	244.3 mm (9.6 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Kalimpong Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Hajipur, IN	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Sepaya, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	San German 4 W, PR	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Caboonbah, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Zamana, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Lares, PR	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Bettiah, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Siwan, IN	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Sultan Bazar, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Darjeeling, IN	monthly rain	341.6 mm (13.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1952	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1952	Samastipur, IN	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1952	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1952	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1952	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 September 1952	Chapra Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 432 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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 50	330
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1