Weather Records on 14 September 1979

957 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1979. Highest significance: Brockport, US.

Key Facts for 14 September 1979

On 14 September 1979, 957 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 42 were all-time records, 108 monthly and 807 daily.
Brockport set an all-time record daily precipitation of 115.1 mm (4.5 in) on 14 September 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

957 stations

957 station records on 14 September 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gowanda Correctional	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Centerburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Hill Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mohawk Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Little Hickman Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mohicanville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lagrange	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beach City Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Miamisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

957 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 546, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 14 September 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	546
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1979 by timescale: all-time 42, monthly 108, daily 807.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1979

Top 20 records on 14 September 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1979	Brockport, US	all-time rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 September 1979	Leitchfield 2 N, US	monthly rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 September 1979	Corry, US	all-time rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 September 1979	Franklin, US	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	72 years	79 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Wooster Exp STN, US	monthly rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	78 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Circleville, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Kingston Springs, US	all-time rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Ripley, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Massena Intl AP, US	all-time rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Gowanda Correctional, US	all-time rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Centerburg, US	all-time rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Shepherdsville 5NE, US	all-time rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	all-time rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Dayton Mcd, US	all-time rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Pleasant Hill Lake, US	all-time rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Salvisa Lock 6, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1979	Mohawk Dam, US	all-time rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	63 of 100 (Major)

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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1979. 1979 had 957 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

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Data for records on 1979-09-14: 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 20	621
20 to 40	106
40 to 60	42
60 to 80	22
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1