Weather Records on 14 September 1961

956 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1961. Highest significance: Concordia, US.

Key Facts for 14 September 1961

On 14 September 1961, 956 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 422 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 932 daily.
Concordia set a daily record precipitation of 98.8 mm (3.9 in) on 14 September 1961.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

956 stations

956 station records on 14 September 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rajim	India	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yambuk (Avalon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

956 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 264, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 158, Heaviest daily rainfall 408, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 14 September 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	264
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	158
Heaviest daily rainfall	408
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 932.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

778 broken records

Margins by which the 778 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1961

Top 20 records on 14 September 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1961	Concordia, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1961	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1961	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Antioch, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Macon, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	San Benito, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Khairagarh, IN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Badiraguato (Smn), MX	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Millicent, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Rajim, IN	daily rain	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Villa Ahumada, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Griggsville, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Clinton 2, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1961	Manistee 3SE, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 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

1814 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1961. 1961 had 956 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

Download the Data

Data for records on 1961-09-14: 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 20	683
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	23
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1