Weather Records on 5 September 1949

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1949. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 5 September 1949

On 5 September 1949, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 387 daily.
Oxford set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 20.6 C (69.1 F) on 5 September 1949.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 5 September 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Craigdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Erandol	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minapur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 157.

Records on 5 September 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1949 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 29, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

346 broken records

Margins by which the 346 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1949

Top 20 records on 5 September 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1949	Oxford, GB	all-time high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Vada, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Monticello, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Livingston, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Dinapur Sr, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Demopolis Lock 4, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Bairgania, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Merrill, US	monthly rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Nabinagar, IN	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Ishpeming, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Shubuta, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Lowestoft, GB	all-time high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Den Helder, NL	monthly high max	32.6 C (90.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1949	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	34 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1949. 1949 had 421 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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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	311
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1