Weather Records on 20 September 1961

384 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1961. Highest significance: Cape May 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 20 September 1961

On 20 September 1961, 384 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 381 daily.
Cape May 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 20 September 1961.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

384 stations

384 station records on 20 September 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nipawin 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

384 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 September 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 September 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 381.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 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

20 September 1961

Top 20 records on 20 September 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1961	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Idaho Springs, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Goodland, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Wishek, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Lexington, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Padrauna, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Palisade, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Salem, IN	daily rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Lisbon, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Curtis, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Alamur(Alamar), IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Fairmont, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1961	Konni, IN	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1961	Mountain View Birdseye, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1961	Madanapalli, IN	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 September 1961	Baloda Bazar, IN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 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

1812 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1961. 1961 had 384 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	320
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1