Weather Records on 22 September 1976

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1976. Highest significance: Beech Forest, AU.

Key Facts for 22 September 1976

On 22 September 1976, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 531 daily.
Beech Forest set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 22 September 1976.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 22 September 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Eastern View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anglesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torquay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bylong (Montoro)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lansdowne House	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pickle Lake (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 179, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 22 September 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	179
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1976

Top 20 records on 22 September 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1976	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1976	Eastern View, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1976	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1976	Anakie, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	The Hermatige, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Anglesea, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan, MX	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Tarwin Lower (Riverside), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Ballan, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Moorabool Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Portsea Quarantine Station, AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Little River, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Red Hill South, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Portland, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1976	Byfield Childs Road, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 538 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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 10	391
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1