Weather Records on 26 September 1961

472 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1961. Highest significance: Dewas Ar., IN.

Key Facts for 26 September 1961

On 26 September 1961, 472 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 459 daily.
Dewas Ar. set an all-time record daily precipitation of 334.3 mm (13.2 in) on 26 September 1961.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

472 stations

472 station records on 26 September 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	334.3 mm (13.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Khachrod	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sehore Qasba	India	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Garoth (Garot)	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarana	India	Record daily precipitation	164.2 mm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manpur(Tappa)	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Badnawar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahidpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadran	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

472 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 September 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 September 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1961

Top 20 records on 26 September 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1961	Dewas Ar., IN	all-time rain	334.3 mm (13.2 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1961	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Khachrod, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Sehore Qasba, IN	daily rain	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Garoth (Garot), IN	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Dhar, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Shajapur, IN	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Ipswich, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Yale 1 NNW, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Kekri, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Newburyport, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Bad Axe, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Coraopolis Neville Is, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Bakani (Rallai), IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Shujalpur, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Houlton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Pembroke, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1961	Sonkatch, IN	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	43 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

1812 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1961. 1961 had 472 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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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 25	338
25 to 50	33
50 to 75	21
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2