Weather Records on 10 September 1976

1,041 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1976. Highest significance: Ekaterinburg, RU.

Key Facts for 10 September 1976

On 10 September 1976, 1,041 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 482 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,000 daily.
Ekaterinburg set a daily record precipitation of 29.6 mm (1.2 in) on 10 September 1976.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

1,041 stations

1,041 station records on 10 September 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newhall S Fc32Ce	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vincent Fs Fc 120	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zverinogolovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bouquet Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Escondido	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton Hillcrest Re	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Needles AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Pedro Do Suacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lytle Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vendinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norrsundet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calexico 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barstow	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,041 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 245, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 237, Heaviest daily rainfall 448, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 September 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	245
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	237
Heaviest daily rainfall	448
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 September 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 1,000.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

883 broken records

Margins by which the 883 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1976

Top 20 records on 10 September 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1976	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1976	Imperial, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1976	Durham, GB	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1976	Redlands, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1976	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1976	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Newhall S Fc32Ce, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	El Centro 2 SSW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Tasman Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Palm Springs, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Corona, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Palmdale, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Vincent Fs Fc 120, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Zverinogolovskaja, RU	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Wisley, GB	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	Burbank Valley Pump Plt, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1976	La Crescenta Fc251 C, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	53 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1976. 1976 had 1,041 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 10 September 1976
Margin	Records
0 to 20	814
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1