Weather Records on 26 September 1955

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1955. Highest significance: Barrie, CA.

Key Facts for 26 September 1955

On 26 September 1955, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 293 daily.
Barrie set a monthly record low minimum temperature of -3.3 C (26.1 F) on 26 September 1955.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 26 September 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Braemar State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhrangadhra	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tauru(Uaoru)	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pen	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammdi	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nukarni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 212.

Records on 26 September 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1955

Top 20 records on 26 September 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1955	Barrie, CA	monthly low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Sherthala, IN	monthly rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Graham, US	all-time rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Alma, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Colachel Salt Fa, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Hoxie, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Nedumangad, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Tasgaon, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Augusta, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Post, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1955	Chickballapur, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1955	Parasala, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1955	Shahabad, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1955	Glen Roy, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1955	Haidargarh, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1955	Bucklin 1SE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1955	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	32 years	28 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

1812 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1955. 1955 had 304 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

Download the Data

Data for records on 1955-09-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	179
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1