Weather Records on 14 September 1955

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1955. Highest significance: Grangeville, US.

Key Facts for 14 September 1955

On 14 September 1955, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 461 daily.
Grangeville set an all-time record daily precipitation of 76.5 mm (3.0 in) on 14 September 1955.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 14 September 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sarila	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bansi	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagaon Bhogaon	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhore(Borch)	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 14 September 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1955

Top 20 records on 14 September 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1955	Grangeville, US	all-time rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 September 1955	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1955	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Dublin, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Fraser Range, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Orofino, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Sarila, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Bhognipur, IN	daily rain	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Kerkwerve, NL	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Safipur, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Cottonwood, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Shahabad, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Lumber City, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Mahoba, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Anatone, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Ghatampur, IN	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1955	Higginsville, AU	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	38 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

1814 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1955. 1955 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	338
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1