Weather Records on 20 September 1976

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1976. Highest significance: Tyrendarra (Ellangowan), AU.

Key Facts for 20 September 1976

On 20 September 1976, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 366 daily.
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.0 mm (2.8 in) on 20 September 1976.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 20 September 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Timasevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chetwynd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tuross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tkvarcheli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yandaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perponda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whidbey Island NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lagos de Moreno (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tlachichuca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woorabinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 20 September 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 September 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1976

Top 20 records on 20 September 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1976	Tyrendarra (Ellangowan), AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1976	Henichesk, UA	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1976	Seward AP, US	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Dillingham FAA AP, US	all-time rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Timasevskaja, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Chetwynd, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Tuross, AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Puerto Madero, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Feodosiia, UA	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Orion, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Big Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Tkvarcheli, GE	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Graham, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Homer AP, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Yandaburra, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1976	Askaniia Nova, UA	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	38 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 375 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

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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	275
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1