Weather Records on 6 September 1949

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1949. Highest significance: Canton, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1949

On 6 September 1949, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 504 daily.
Canton set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 6 September 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

525 stations

525 station records on 6 September 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 217.

Records on 6 September 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1949

Top 20 records on 6 September 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1949	Canton, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Pachmarhi, IN	daily rain	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Socorro, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Madison, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Seymour 1 NNW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Ravenna, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Kulpahar, IN	daily rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Walhalla, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Decatur, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Toccoa, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Oneonta, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Mason City, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Muenster, DE	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Bhimavaram, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Owensboro 3ENE, US	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Geneva, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1949	Nordby (Fano), DK	monthly high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	68 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

1794 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 525 records.

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

Records on 09-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1802	1
1803	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1834	1
1841	1
1853	1
1854	1
1861	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	5
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	5
1903	5
1904	6
1905	14
1906	8
1907	14
1908	36
1909	13
1910	28
1911	20
1912	55
1913	21
1914	23
1915	14
1916	16
1917	23
1918	62
1919	106
1920	172
1921	67
1922	114
1923	153
1924	335
1925	290
1926	123
1927	137
1928	252
1929	359
1930	101
1931	324
1932	275
1933	368
1934	462
1935	341
1936	338
1937	237
1938	322
1939	447
1940	170
1941	276
1942	284
1943	831
1944	392
1945	537
1946	426
1947	895
1948	379
1949	525
1950	699
1951	263
1952	350
1953	396
1954	567
1955	493
1956	735
1957	311
1958	489
1959	405
1960	382
1961	317
1962	772
1963	419
1964	393
1965	722
1966	296
1967	878
1968	512
1969	737
1970	910
1971	436
1972	567
1973	866
1974	897
1975	426
1976	915
1977	467
1978	1,273
1979	892
1980	458
1981	542
1982	744
1983	1,965
1984	1,354
1985	1,371
1986	751
1987	735
1988	1,547
1989	544
1990	805
1991	757
1992	1,084
1993	856
1994	622
1995	1,220
1996	934
1997	1,389
1998	1,385
1999	1,048
2000	1,500
2001	631
2002	867
2003	718
2004	956
2005	601
2006	1,104
2007	1,246
2008	1,430
2009	735
2010	1,259
2011	1,684
2012	803
2013	886
2014	588
2015	692
2016	605
2017	838
2018	714
2019	797
2020	1,349
2021	407
2022	1,782
2023	905
2024	1,161
2025	894
2026	846

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Data for records on 1949-09-06: 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	382
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1