Weather Records on 5 September 1939

317 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1939. Highest significance: Parker, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1939

On 5 September 1939, 317 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 300 daily.
Parker set an all-time record daily precipitation of 87.1 mm (3.4 in) on 5 September 1939.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

317 stations

317 station records on 5 September 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dodson 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Derapur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kasganj	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

317 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 5 September 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1939

Top 20 records on 5 September 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1939	Parker, US	all-time rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1939	Rajathgarh, IN	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Salome 6 SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Yuma Wb City, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Milan, IT	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Columbus 4 ESE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Fruita, US	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Granite Reef Dam, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Iguape, BR	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Fatehpur, IN	daily rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Yalta, UA	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Mainpuri, IN	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Grand Canyon HQ, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Takoma Park # 1, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1939	Baramba, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1939	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1939	Mantova, IT	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1939	Dodson 6 ENE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1939	Derapur, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	31 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

1802 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1939. 1939 had 317 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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Data for records on 1939-09-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	211
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1