Weather Records on 22 September 1955

584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1955. Highest significance: Carrajung Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 September 1955

On 22 September 1955, 584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 575 daily.
Carrajung Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 22 September 1955.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

584 stations

584 station records on 22 September 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yanga (Warne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
G. Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Daysdale (Dennison Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Cocketgedong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta Dam 35	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

584 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 22 September 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1955

Top 20 records on 22 September 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1955	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Yielima Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Nullawil, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Junqueiro, BR	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Watchupga, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Yanga (Warne), AU	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	G. Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Franklin 2 NNE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Howlong Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Puri, IN	daily rain	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Ranpur, IN	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Eureka 1E, US	all-time rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Moran, US	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Junnar, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Garnett 1 E, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Iola, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Daysdale (Dennison Street), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Limoeiro de Anadia, BR	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1955	Knowsley Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 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

1793 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 584 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	406
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1