Weather Records on 5 September 1947

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1947. Highest significance: Urandangi, AU.

Key Facts for 5 September 1947

On 5 September 1947, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 515 daily.
Urandangi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 5 September 1947.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 5 September 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	298.5 mm (11.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota-Udepur	India	Record daily precipitation	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ormesby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kabunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Consentes Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Unchhera	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 202.

Records on 5 September 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1947 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 40, daily 515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1947

Top 20 records on 5 September 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1947	Urandangi, AU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1947	Camooweal Township, AU	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1947	Honomanu 450, US	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Jackson 3 NW, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Gundiah Railway Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Guna, IN	all-time rain	298.5 mm (11.8 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Goomboorian, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Headingly Station, AU	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Chhota-Udepur, IN	daily rain	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	153.5 mm (6.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Ormesby, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Undilla Station, AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Kurwai, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Alice Downs, AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Kabunga, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Barkly Downs, AU	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Cape May 2 NW, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Austral Downs, AU	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Consentes Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1947	Oban Station, AU	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 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 557 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 1947-09-05: 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	384
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1