Weather Records on 16 September 1959

983 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1959. Highest significance: Rico, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1959

On 16 September 1959, 983 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 771 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 981 daily.
Rico set a daily record precipitation of 52.6 mm (2.1 in) on 16 September 1959.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

983 stations

983 station records on 16 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mandal	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deesa	India	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taldangra	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wagner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhrangadhra	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longvalley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandi	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

983 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 546, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 225, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	546
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	225
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 981.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

813 broken records

Margins by which the 813 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1959

Top 20 records on 16 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1959	Rico, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Cottonwood Weir, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Rahapur, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Khibiny, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Gundlupet, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Mandal, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Ranpur, IN	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Patan, IN	daily rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	159.6 mm (6.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Kennebec, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Welland, CA	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Deesa, IN	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Seattle UNIV of Washin, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Southampton, CA	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Sachor, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Borzja, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1959	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1959	Taldangra, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 983 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	785
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1