Weather Records on 6 September 1927

137 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1927. Highest significance: Northwood, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1927

On 6 September 1927, 137 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 133 daily.
Northwood set an all-time record daily precipitation of 165.9 mm (6.5 in) on 6 September 1927.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

137 stations

137 station records on 6 September 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

137 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 65.

Records on 6 September 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

110 broken records

Margins by which the 110 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1927

Top 20 records on 6 September 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1927	Northwood, US	all-time rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1927	W Pt, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1927	Britt 3E, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1927	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1927	Worthington, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1927	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1927	Beloit, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1927	Tekamah, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1927	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Newton, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Alma, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Newport, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Spokane Intl AP, US	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Natchez, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1927	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	47 years	20 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1927. 1927 had 137 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 1927
Margin	Records
0 to 10	82
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2