Weather Records on 13 September 1955

387 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1955. Highest significance: Yellamanchili, IN.

Key Facts for 13 September 1955

On 13 September 1955, 387 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 381 daily.
Yellamanchili set a daily record precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 13 September 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

387 stations

387 station records on 13 September 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hosadurga	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Udumalpet	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bijawar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aiyansh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

387 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 13 September 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 381.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

304 broken records

Margins by which the 304 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1955

Top 20 records on 13 September 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1955	Yellamanchili, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1955	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Brookings, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Nalbari, IN	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Kolar, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Kangayam, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Hosadurga, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Mandya, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Tipton, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Perundurai, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Bansgaon, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Sivagiri, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Chatrapatti, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1955	Nalbarra, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1955	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1955	Kundha (Kailkund), IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1955	Fitzgerald, US	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	34 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 387 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	266
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2