Weather Records on 18 September 1961

478 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 September 1961. Highest significance: Vladikavkaz, RU.

Key Facts for 18 September 1961

On 18 September 1961, 478 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 473 daily.
Vladikavkaz set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 18 September 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

478 stations

478 station records on 18 September 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 September 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bueyeros 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Capulin 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mobile	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

478 records

Records set or tied on 18 September 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 18 September 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 September 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

388 broken records

Margins by which the 388 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 September 1961

Top 20 records on 18 September 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 September 1961	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Budennovsk, RU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Mountain View Birdseye, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Ogden Sugar Factory, US	all-time rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	28.4 C (83.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Mosquero 1 NE, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Minnedosa, CA	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Kodavasal, IN	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Bueyeros 4 NW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Riva, IT	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	73 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Cody, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1961	Sonnblick, AT	monthly high min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1961	Brocken, DE	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1961	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1961	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1961	Mannarghat, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1961	Salisbury, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 September 1961	Forrest State Forest, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	62 years	32 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

1803 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1961. 1961 had 478 records.

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

Records on 09-18 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1811	1
1814	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	2
1847	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	4
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1869	1
1871	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1889	6
1890	1
1891	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	58
1904	6
1905	22
1906	16
1907	4
1908	11
1909	17
1910	5
1911	8
1912	43
1913	44
1914	56
1915	41
1916	58
1917	99
1918	57
1919	48
1920	56
1921	213
1922	45
1923	114
1924	62
1925	269
1926	205
1927	189
1928	114
1929	309
1930	124
1931	429
1932	226
1933	370
1934	188
1935	281
1936	155
1937	422
1938	373
1939	190
1940	402
1941	318
1942	1,001
1943	624
1944	503
1945	732
1946	576
1947	927
1948	427
1949	356
1950	370
1951	320
1952	340
1953	245
1954	446
1955	672
1956	587
1957	429
1958	491
1959	829
1960	351
1961	478
1962	360
1963	453
1964	282
1965	1,172
1966	498
1967	357
1968	763
1969	424
1970	377
1971	1,245
1972	691
1973	593
1974	559
1975	976
1976	615
1977	619
1978	1,162
1979	709
1980	652
1981	1,671
1982	603
1983	936
1984	951
1985	636
1986	730
1987	1,244
1988	997
1989	778
1990	904
1991	1,377
1992	821
1993	747
1994	852
1995	935
1996	1,237
1997	935
1998	1,038
1999	583
2000	1,146
2001	993
2002	828
2003	815
2004	1,027
2005	781
2006	1,309
2007	670
2008	697
2009	692
2010	1,040
2011	1,050
2012	922
2013	666
2014	682
2015	934
2016	893
2017	518
2018	1,200
2019	768
2020	682
2021	582
2022	613
2023	639
2024	687
2025	471
2026	864

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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	378
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1