Weather Records on 6 September 1956

735 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1956. Highest significance: Maibong, IN.

Key Facts for 6 September 1956

On 6 September 1956, 735 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 592 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 726 daily.
Maibong set a monthly record daily precipitation of 169.2 mm (6.7 in) on 6 September 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

735 stations

735 station records on 6 September 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

735 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 175, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 417, Heaviest daily rainfall 91.

Records on 6 September 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	175
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	417
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 726.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1956

Top 20 records on 6 September 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1956	Maibong, IN	monthly rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Irwin, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Asheville Pearson St, US	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Greensburg 3 SE Unity, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Fairmont, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Palmetto, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Narrogin, AU	all-time low min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1956	Umea, SE	daily low min	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	Houston, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	Washburn, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	Menno, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	Ft Benton, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	W Pt, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	Warren, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	57 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1956	Ust-Sugor, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	52 years	29 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 735 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	551
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1