Weather Records on 23 September 1971

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 1971. Highest significance: Rotenburg (Wumme), DE.

Key Facts for 23 September 1971

On 23 September 1971, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 369 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 573 daily.
Rotenburg (Wumme) set a daily record precipitation of 47.4 mm (1.9 in) on 23 September 1971.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 23 September 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rendsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gavriila Buhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Americo Brasiliense	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 207, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 162, Heaviest daily rainfall 152.

Records on 23 September 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	207
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	162
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 September 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 573.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

483 broken records

Margins by which the 483 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 1971

Top 20 records on 23 September 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 1971	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Boerne, US	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Bernalillo, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Bulken, NO	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Brady, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Sterling City, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Rendsburg, DE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Dudinka, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Gavriila Buhta, RU	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Mountainair, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Healdton 3 E, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Roldal, NO	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	San Fidel 2 E, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Stratford, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Drummonds, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Sandia Park, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Genoa 2 W, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1971	Julesburg, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	34 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

1793 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 578 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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	460
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2