Weather Records on 5 September 1942

282 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1942. Highest significance: Chirawa, IN.

Key Facts for 5 September 1942

On 5 September 1942, 282 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 267 daily.
Chirawa set a daily record precipitation of 103.1 mm (4.1 in) on 5 September 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

282 stations

282 station records on 5 September 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chirawa	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Churu	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khetri	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Desuri	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lunkaransar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarshahar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhim (Dawer)	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flint	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taranagar (Reni)	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khol	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alwar	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barmer	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadra	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Suratgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nohar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sojat	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lachmangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

282 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 September 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 September 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1942

Top 20 records on 5 September 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1942	Chirawa, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Brejo da Madre de Deus, BR	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Sirathu, IN	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Mahua, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Churu, IN	all-time rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Khetri, IN	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Darwha, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Desuri, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Sikar, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Lunkaransar, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Banka, IN	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Patan, IN	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Sardarshahar, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Neemkathana, IN	monthly rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Bhim (Dawer), IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Alvin, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Mandawar, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1942	Flint, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1942. 1942 had 282 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 1942-09-05: 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	193
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1