Weather Records on 6 September 1920

172 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1920. Highest significance: Kew, AU.

Key Facts for 6 September 1920

On 6 September 1920, 172 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 169 daily.
Kew set a daily record precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 6 September 1920.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

172 stations

172 station records on 6 September 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mitiamo 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boola Boolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waukaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dumosa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

172 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 160.

Records on 6 September 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1920

Top 20 records on 6 September 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1920	Kew, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Whroo, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Gravenhurst, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Box Creek Tank, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Beulah, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1920	Mitiamo 1, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Carabost, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Wychitella South, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Kola-In-Murman, RU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Toulby, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Mount Macedon, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Goornong, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Haparanda, SE	monthly high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1920	Jokkmokk, SE	monthly high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	35 years	23 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

1794 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1920. 1920 had 172 records.

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

Records on 09-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1802	1
1803	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1834	1
1841	1
1853	1
1854	1
1861	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	5
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	5
1903	5
1904	6
1905	14
1906	8
1907	14
1908	36
1909	13
1910	28
1911	20
1912	55
1913	21
1914	23
1915	14
1916	16
1917	23
1918	62
1919	106
1920	172
1921	67
1922	114
1923	153
1924	335
1925	290
1926	123
1927	137
1928	252
1929	359
1930	101
1931	324
1932	275
1933	368
1934	462
1935	341
1936	338
1937	237
1938	322
1939	447
1940	170
1941	276
1942	284
1943	831
1944	392
1945	537
1946	426
1947	895
1948	379
1949	525
1950	699
1951	263
1952	350
1953	396
1954	567
1955	493
1956	735
1957	311
1958	489
1959	405
1960	382
1961	317
1962	772
1963	419
1964	393
1965	722
1966	296
1967	878
1968	512
1969	737
1970	910
1971	436
1972	567
1973	866
1974	897
1975	426
1976	915
1977	467
1978	1,273
1979	892
1980	458
1981	542
1982	744
1983	1,965
1984	1,354
1985	1,371
1986	751
1987	735
1988	1,547
1989	544
1990	805
1991	757
1992	1,084
1993	856
1994	622
1995	1,220
1996	934
1997	1,389
1998	1,385
1999	1,048
2000	1,500
2001	631
2002	867
2003	718
2004	956
2005	601
2006	1,104
2007	1,246
2008	1,430
2009	735
2010	1,259
2011	1,684
2012	803
2013	886
2014	588
2015	692
2016	605
2017	838
2018	714
2019	797
2020	1,349
2021	407
2022	1,782
2023	905
2024	1,161
2025	894
2026	846

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	116
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1