Weather Records on 5 September 1951

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1951. Highest significance: Kurseong, IN.

Key Facts for 5 September 1951

On 5 September 1951, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 238 daily.
Kurseong set a daily record precipitation of 259.1 mm (10.2 in) on 5 September 1951.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 5 September 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 87.

Records on 5 September 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1951

Top 20 records on 5 September 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1951	Kurseong, IN	daily rain	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1951	Mt Hope, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1951	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1951	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1951	Deerfield 10 NNW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1951	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1951	Attarikhat, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1951	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1951	Greensburg, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Bucklin 1SE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Coldwater, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Low Head (Comparison), AU	monthly low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Parnu, EE	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Sedgwick, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Halsey 2 W, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Srikakulam, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU	monthly rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1951	Borsat, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	26 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1951. 1951 had 251 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	163
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1