Weather Records on 26 September 1971

649 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1971. Highest significance: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU.

Key Facts for 26 September 1971

On 26 September 1971, 649 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 636 daily.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij set a daily record precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 26 September 1971.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

649 stations

649 station records on 26 September 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (the Grange)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guarani	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forest (van Diemans Land Compa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Scamander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

649 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 401, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 September 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 September 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 636.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1971

Top 20 records on 26 September 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1971	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Weabonga (Monomeeth), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	Swansea (Kelvedon), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1971	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1971	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1971	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1971	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1971	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1971	Flin Flon, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1971	Tasman Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1971	Kingston, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1971	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1971. 1971 had 649 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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Data for records on 1971-09-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	482
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1