Weather Records on 6 September 1929

359 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1929. Highest significance: Grahamstown, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 September 1929

On 6 September 1929, 359 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 347 daily.
Grahamstown set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 6 September 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

359 stations

359 station records on 6 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

359 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 6 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1929

Top 20 records on 6 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1929	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Mount Coke (Bos), ZA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Balfour (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Hernando, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Llano, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1929	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	35 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

1794 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 359 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	242
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1