Weather Records on 19 September 1971

1,127 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1971. Highest significance: Salvador, BR.

Key Facts for 19 September 1971

On 19 September 1971, 1,127 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 860 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 74 monthly and 1,053 daily.
Salvador set a daily record precipitation of 68.7 mm (2.7 in) on 19 September 1971.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

1,127 stations

1,127 station records on 19 September 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rozdilna	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chacon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,127 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 427, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 433, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 19 September 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	427
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	433
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 19 September 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 74, daily 1,053.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

974 broken records

Margins by which the 974 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 1971

Top 20 records on 19 September 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1971	Salvador, BR	daily rain	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Pecos, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13.4 C (24.1 F)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Odesa, UA	monthly rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Jal, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15.0 C (27.0 F)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Rozdilna, UA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Colorado City, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Haskell, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14.5 C (26.1 F)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Tularosa, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Eastland, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Izmail, UA	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Eagle Nest, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12.3 C (22.1 F)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Laguna, US	monthly low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Seminole, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15.6 C (28.1 F)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Valmora, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11.2 C (20.2 F)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Gainesville, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1971	Bosque del Apache, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	74 years	45 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

1805 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1971. 1971 had 1,127 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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	968
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1