Weather Records on 6 September 1951

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1951. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 6 September 1951

On 6 September 1951, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 256 daily.
Oxford set an all-time record daily precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 6 September 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

263 stations

263 station records on 6 September 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 108.

Records on 6 September 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1951

Top 20 records on 6 September 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1951	Oxford, GB	all-time rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1951	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1951	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1951	Perry, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1951	Bellary, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1951	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Parnu, EE	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Chandler, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Koloa 936, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Walkerton, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Baia Mare, RO	daily high min	17.6 C (63.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Bikapur, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high min	15.3 C (59.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Yerevan, AM	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Peddapuram, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Tiruvur(Tiruvvru), IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Arhangelsk, RU	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	62 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1951	Saint Johns, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	44 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

1794 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 263 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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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	200
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1