Weather Records on 16 September 1912

58 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1912. Highest significance: Bright Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1912

On 16 September 1912, 58 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 56 daily.
Bright Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.4 mm (4.7 in) on 16 September 1912.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

58 stations

58 station records on 16 September 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Castlemaine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong (Comberoond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cornalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Werribee (Wyndham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

58 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 41.

Records on 16 September 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1912

Top 20 records on 16 September 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1912	Bright Post Office, AU	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1912	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1912	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1912	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1912	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Truro, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Elmore, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Heathcote, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Moama, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	St Arnaud, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Whroo, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 September 1912	Castlemaine, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)

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 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1912. 1912 had 58 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 September 1912
Margin	Records
0 to 10	30
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1