Weather Records on 16 September 1975

836 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1975. Highest significance: Cockburn (Burta), AU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1975

On 16 September 1975, 836 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
174 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 798 daily.
Cockburn (Burta) set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 16 September 1975.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

836 stations

836 station records on 16 September 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Buckalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mulcra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koomooloo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pigick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haysdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Yeltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alberrie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah East Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nadda (Zimmerman)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garzas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waaia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meribah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

836 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 469.

Records on 16 September 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	469
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

725 broken records

Margins by which the 725 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 162.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1975

Top 20 records on 16 September 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1975	Cockburn (Burta), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1975	Harvey Post Office, AU	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1975	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1975	Crystal Brook, AU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1975	Hallett (Ketchowla), AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1975	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1975	Broken Hill (Buckalow), AU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1975	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Wandearah North, AU	monthly rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Moonta, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Gavar, AM	all-time rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Murrayville, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Walpa (Danyo), AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Cleve (Mangalo), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Olary, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Warramboo, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1975	Maude Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	54 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 836 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 25	700
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1