Weather Records on 19 September 1955

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1955. Highest significance: New Bern 3 NW, US.

Key Facts for 19 September 1955

On 19 September 1955, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 568 daily.
New Bern 3 NW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 310.6 mm (12.2 in) on 19 September 1955.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 19 September 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	310.6 mm (12.2 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowanallup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Athabasca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsgate	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 19 September 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 September 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 568.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 158.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 1955

Top 20 records on 19 September 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1955	New Bern 3 NW, US	all-time rain	310.6 mm (12.2 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	77 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 September 1955	Porto Real Do Colegio, BR	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1955	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Edenton, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Gnowanallup, AU	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	New Holland, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Lincoln 1 SE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Athabasca, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Wangaratta, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Pillar Valley, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Chadron 3SW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Hays 1 S, US	all-time rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Raleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1955	Ulamambri Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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

1805 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1955. 1955 had 578 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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	411
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1