Weather Records on 27 September 1959

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1959. Highest significance: Fraser, US.

Key Facts for 27 September 1959

On 27 September 1959, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
261 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 567 daily.
Fraser set an all-time record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 27 September 1959.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 27 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fraser	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhota-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vempalli	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 217, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	217
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1959

Top 20 records on 27 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1959	Fraser, US	all-time rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1959	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Antigo, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Breckenridge, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Fraser, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Thirthahalli, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Santaravur, IN	daily rain	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Chinaganjam, IN	daily rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Kharagpur, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Lake Kachess, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Clinton 2, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Helena, US	monthly rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Cleveland, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Sultanganj, IN	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Stuttgart, US	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1959	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 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

1799 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1959. 1959 had 582 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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Data for records on 1959-09-27: 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 50	453
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1