Weather Records on 5 September 1923

204 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1923. Highest significance: Mount McDonald, AU.

Key Facts for 5 September 1923

On 5 September 1923, 204 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 198 daily.
Mount McDonald set a daily record precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 5 September 1923.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

204 stations

204 station records on 5 September 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa (Gipsy Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fernhill 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

204 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 152.

Records on 5 September 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1923

Top 20 records on 5 September 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1923	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Kingswood, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Cadia, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Cavan, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Murringo (Windermere), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Black Springs, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1923	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	37 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

1802 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1923. 1923 had 204 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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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 20	149
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	3