Weather Records on 27 September 1961

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 September 1961. Highest significance: Sonkatch, IN.

Key Facts for 27 September 1961

On 27 September 1961, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 364 daily.
Sonkatch set a daily record precipitation of 157.7 mm (6.2 in) on 27 September 1961.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 27 September 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 September 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	130.1 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ujjain	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Badnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	185.3 mm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mahidpur	India	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Khachrod	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarana	India	Record daily precipitation	282.6 mm (11.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garoth (Garot)	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ichhawar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manasa	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danpur(Danpura)	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garhi	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arthuna	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Badnawar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Slave Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sehore Qasba	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blue River North	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puthendam	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 27 September 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 27 September 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 September 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 275.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 September 1961

Top 20 records on 27 September 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 September 1961	Sonkatch, IN	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1961	Shajapur, IN	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1961	Dug (Dag), IN	daily rain	130.1 mm (5.1 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 September 1961	Lillooet, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Ujjain, IN	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Sagwara, IN	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Agar, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Badnagar, IN	daily rain	185.3 mm (7.3 in)	159.9 mm (6.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Mahidpur, IN	daily rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Khachrod, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Tarana, IN	daily rain	282.6 mm (11.1 in)	275.0 mm (10.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Dungarpur, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Shujalpur, IN	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Garoth (Garot), IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Puri, IN	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Ichhawar, IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Dhar, IN	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Manasa, IN	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Banswara, IN	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 September 1961	Indore, IN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	40 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

1799 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1961. 1961 had 376 records.

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

Records on 09-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1828	1
1836	2
1847	1
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1874	1
1875	1
1877	2
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1885	5
1887	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	5
1901	3
1902	12
1903	7
1904	12
1905	21
1906	21
1907	9
1908	36
1909	17
1910	20
1911	31
1912	25
1913	27
1914	24
1915	80
1916	57
1917	41
1918	58
1919	45
1920	54
1921	26
1922	111
1923	125
1924	115
1925	129
1926	581
1927	244
1928	288
1929	225
1930	178
1931	222
1932	194
1933	559
1934	298
1935	319
1936	435
1937	309
1938	366
1939	572
1940	706
1941	257
1942	1,353
1943	503
1944	323
1945	475
1946	387
1947	813
1948	405
1949	407
1950	223
1951	480
1952	539
1953	567
1954	507
1955	386
1956	825
1957	644
1958	585
1959	582
1960	337
1961	376
1962	352
1963	849
1964	724
1965	688
1966	426
1967	502
1968	286
1969	233
1970	773
1971	762
1972	989
1973	1,031
1974	408
1975	790
1976	905
1977	852
1978	773
1979	741
1980	559
1981	680
1982	1,076
1983	791
1984	1,297
1985	661
1986	1,772
1987	1,013
1988	494
1989	852
1990	379
1991	894
1992	659
1993	727
1994	764
1995	698
1996	1,468
1997	730
1998	1,774
1999	1,059
2000	1,031
2001	980
2002	992
2003	830
2004	665
2005	1,061
2006	596
2007	1,091
2008	659
2009	987
2010	1,153
2011	965
2012	624
2013	823
2014	813
2015	664
2016	600
2017	891
2018	600
2019	755
2020	659
2021	893
2022	642
2023	747
2024	1,449
2025	272
2026	358

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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	267
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1