Weather Records on 6 September 1958

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1958. Highest significance: Greenfield, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1958

On 6 September 1958, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 481 daily.
Greenfield set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 6 September 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 6 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tilhar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Pines Park Fc83B	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	184.1 mm (7.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pawayan	India	Record daily precipitation	277.6 mm (10.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Misrikh	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Table Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	266.5 mm (10.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 319.

Records on 6 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

424 broken records

Margins by which the 424 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1958

Top 20 records on 6 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1958	Greenfield, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1958	Gudivada, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1958	Barrage A Lac Kempt, CA	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Tilhar, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Van Meter, US	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Mokpo, KR	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Rietvallei, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Manouan Sanmaur, CA	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Big Pines Park Fc83B, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Glen Alphen, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Khutar, IN	daily rain	184.1 mm (7.2 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Pawayan, IN	all-time rain	277.6 mm (10.9 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1958	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	40 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 489 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 1958-09-06: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	357
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1