Weather Records on 5 September 1943

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1943. Highest significance: Mt Garnet Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 September 1943

On 5 September 1943, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 560 daily.
Mt Garnet Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 5 September 1943.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 5 September 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Parragundy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bungeworgorai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Afton Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 386, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 September 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 560.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1943

Top 20 records on 5 September 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1943	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1943	Manuka, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1943	Kynnersley, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1943	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1943	Parragundy, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1943	Hillgrove Station, AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	The Pas, CA	all-time rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	E Tawas, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Moselle Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Malboona, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Boorara, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Kangaroo Hills Station, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Ayton, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Alderley Station, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Valley of Lagoons, AU	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1943	Werrina, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	45 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1943. 1943 had 593 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1943-09-05: 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 10	308
10 to 20	90
20 to 30	50
30 to 40	22
40 to 50	12
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1