Weather Records on 26 September 1959

505 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1959. Highest significance: Arrowrock Dam, US.

Key Facts for 26 September 1959

On 26 September 1959, 505 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 496 daily.
Arrowrock Dam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.9 mm (1.7 in) on 26 September 1959.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

505 stations

505 station records on 26 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murtajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Walla Walla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Disston 1 NE Laying Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nandura	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daryapur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornucopia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

505 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1959

Top 20 records on 26 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1959	Arrowrock Dam, US	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1959	Crosby, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Epping, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Detroit, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Rantoul, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Biloxi, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Austin 3 S, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Akola, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Zamora, ES	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Rock Creek, US	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Murtajapur, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	New Burnside, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Udipi, IN	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Bowbells, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1959	Pulivendla, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	40 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 505 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

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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	358
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1