Weather Records on 6 September 1923

153 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1923. Highest significance: Buchan (Gillingall), AU.

Key Facts for 6 September 1923

On 6 September 1923, 153 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 145 daily.
Buchan (Gillingall) set a daily record precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 6 September 1923.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

153 stations

153 station records on 6 September 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minto	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

153 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 99.

Records on 6 September 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

133 broken records

Margins by which the 133 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1923

Top 20 records on 6 September 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1923	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Sale Mercury Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1923	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Stratford, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Los Gatos, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Newry, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1923	Cudal Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	27 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 153 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 September 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	87
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3