Weather Records on 12 September 1975

1,102 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1975. Highest significance: Vaexjoe, SE.

Key Facts for 12 September 1975

On 12 September 1975, 1,102 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 400 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 1,085 daily.
Vaexjoe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 12 September 1975.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 409 records.

Record Map

1,102 stations

1,102 station records on 12 September 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sandhammaren	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerly 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grundsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna Lock 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Lock 13	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hyltan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kropotkin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Varpnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ysleta	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kopinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hjalmsater	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fabens	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,102 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 232, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 561, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 12 September 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	232
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	561
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1975 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 1,085.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

935 broken records

Margins by which the 935 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1975

Top 20 records on 12 September 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1975	Vaexjoe, SE	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Sandhammaren, SE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Alpine, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Haskinville, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Angelica, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Alfred, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1975	Bell Ranch, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14.4 C (25.9 F)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Flora Downs, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Paintsville 1E, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Jonkoping, SE	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Olean, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Ackerly 4SE, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Grundsjon, SE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Warren, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1975	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	48 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

1793 to 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 1,102 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 September 1975
Margin	Records
0 to 20	837
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1