Weather Records on 10 September 1959

670 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1959. Highest significance: Perryville, US.

Key Facts for 10 September 1959

On 10 September 1959, 670 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
273 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 660 daily.
Perryville set a daily record precipitation of 83.3 mm (3.3 in) on 10 September 1959.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

670 stations

670 station records on 10 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Liverpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pondilafa	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth Dam 44	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dholera	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coolangatta Bowls Comp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

670 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 225.

Records on 10 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

521 broken records

Margins by which the 521 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1959

Top 20 records on 10 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1959	Perryville, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1959	Serampore, IN	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Borsat, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Upper Orara (Aurania), AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Pillar Valley, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Kolaghat, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Liverpool, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Ironton, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Port Stanley, CA	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Pondilafa, IN	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1959	Leavenworth Dam 44, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	42 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

1812 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1959. 1959 had 670 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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	451
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1