Weather Records on 4 September 1947

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1947. Highest significance: Carandotta Station, AU.

Key Facts for 4 September 1947

On 4 September 1947, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
373 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 555 daily.
Carandotta Station set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 4 September 1947.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 4 September 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagerutari	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lesliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broach	India	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thasra	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hansot	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bishrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halol	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dakor	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hunterganj	India	Record daily precipitation	237.7 mm (9.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Godhra	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
D.Baria	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umbergaon	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Merrigum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ujjain	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jambusar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 220.

Records on 4 September 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 63, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 154.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1947

Top 20 records on 4 September 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1947	Carandotta Station, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1947	Peint, IN	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Rajpipla(Nandod), IN	daily rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Gondal, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Navapur, IN	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Balumath, IN	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Jhabua, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Hariharganj, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Ratlam, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Hana 354, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Nagerutari, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Daltonganj, IN	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Lesliganj, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Luakaha Lower 782, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Broach, IN	daily rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Thasra, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Hansot, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Dewas Ar., IN	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1947	Box Cowell, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	40 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1947. 1947 had 618 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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Data for records on 1947-09-04: 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	393
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	9
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1