Weather Records on 30 September 1959

1,159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 September 1959. Highest significance: Welland, CA.

Key Facts for 30 September 1959

On 30 September 1959, 1,159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 472 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 1,077 daily.
Welland set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.4 mm (4.7 in) on 30 September 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,159 stations

1,159 station records on 30 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	198.2 mm (7.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Silverton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	292.9 mm (11.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ranibandh	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Joypur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandotte 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Majhgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigram	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,159 records

Records set or tied on 30 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 370, Highest daily minimum 269, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 30 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	370
Highest daily minimum	269
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 30 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 79, daily 1,077.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

947 broken records

Margins by which the 947 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 September 1959

Top 20 records on 30 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 September 1959	Welland, CA	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 September 1959	Borsat, IN	daily rain	198.2 mm (7.8 in)	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 September 1959	Silverton, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 September 1959	Newberry, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Parker 1 E, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Silverton, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Banner Elk, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Blackville 3 W, US	all-time rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Kukrahati, IN	all-time rain	292.9 mm (11.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Niagara Falls Ont Hydro, CA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Westernport, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Blair, US	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Ranibandh, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Frostburg, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1959	Jefferson 2 E, US	monthly rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	50 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

1806 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1959. 1959 had 1,159 records.

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

Records on 09-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1813	1
1817	1
1819	2
1834	1
1841	1
1842	1
1847	1
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1868	2
1869	3
1870	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	5
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	8
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	4
1901	11
1902	7
1903	9
1904	14
1905	25
1906	14
1907	16
1908	18
1909	10
1910	5
1911	47
1912	47
1913	10
1914	33
1915	84
1916	209
1917	19
1918	45
1919	28
1920	71
1921	61
1922	71
1923	183
1924	243
1925	211
1926	194
1927	486
1928	560
1929	181
1930	110
1931	225
1932	363
1933	437
1934	398
1935	209
1936	432
1937	417
1938	428
1939	371
1940	316
1941	482
1942	405
1943	404
1944	369
1945	889
1946	320
1947	433
1948	267
1949	366
1950	731
1951	597
1952	504
1953	1,136
1954	1,059
1955	406
1956	350
1957	663
1958	442
1959	1,159
1960	161
1961	618
1962	202
1963	818
1964	332
1965	459
1966	592
1967	859
1968	449
1969	465
1970	334
1971	1,359
1972	676
1973	407
1974	742
1975	686
1976	775
1977	870
1978	399
1979	479
1980	832
1981	688
1982	806
1983	1,102
1984	1,267
1985	1,892
1986	1,805
1987	649
1988	453
1989	713
1990	665
1991	949
1992	980
1993	988
1994	816
1995	1,061
1996	1,396
1997	729
1998	1,206
1999	1,144
2000	887
2001	699
2002	677
2003	1,079
2004	573
2005	761
2006	617
2007	841
2008	585
2009	826
2010	1,059
2011	1,258
2012	637
2013	634
2014	529
2015	997
2016	746
2017	404
2018	717
2019	2,192
2020	554
2021	823
2022	563
2023	1,012
2024	948
2025	559
2026	529

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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 50	907
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1