Weather Records on 14 September 1977

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1977. Highest significance: Bombala (Nungatta), AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 1977

On 14 September 1977, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 558 daily.
Bombala (Nungatta) set a daily record precipitation of 68.0 mm (2.7 in) on 14 September 1977.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

572 stations

572 station records on 14 September 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Samarskoe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnatus	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Rumney	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barnes	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troupsburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martin U of T Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 14 September 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1977 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1977

Top 20 records on 14 September 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1977	Bombala (Nungatta), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1977	Bonang, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Chemung, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Verma, NO	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Jasper, CA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Samarskoe, KZ	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Benton, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Tionesta 2 SE Lake, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Woodstock, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Cincinnatus, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Koster (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Danville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Eastport, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	West Rumney, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Locke 2 W, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	Alfred, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1977	De Ruyter 4 N, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	44 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

1814 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1977. 1977 had 572 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

Download the Data

Data for records on 1977-09-14: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	333
10 to 20	86
20 to 30	47
30 to 40	25
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1