Weather Records on 6 September 1953

396 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1953. Highest significance: Cape York Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 6 September 1953

On 6 September 1953, 396 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 385 daily.
Cape York Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 6 September 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

396 stations

396 station records on 6 September 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

396 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 6 September 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 385.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1953

Top 20 records on 6 September 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1953	Cape York Post Office, AU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1953	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1953	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Oneonta 1 S, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	E Stroudsburg, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Matamoras, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Natural Brg, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Towson, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1953	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1953	Monierkhal, IN	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1953	Darbhanga, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1953	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1953	Leesville, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1953	Freeland, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1953	Lancaster 2 NE Pump St, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1953	Wardensville R M Farm, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	30 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 396 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 September 1953
Margin	Records
0 to 10	251
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	6