Weather Records on 4 September 1959

316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1959. Highest significance: Jakutsk, RU.

Key Facts for 4 September 1959

On 4 September 1959, 316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 305 daily.
Jakutsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 4 September 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

316 stations

316 station records on 4 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tororo	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalama 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jhalod	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khachrod	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telkwa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

316 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1959

Top 20 records on 4 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1959	Jakutsk, RU	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1959	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Machias, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Uniontown, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Maleny Denning Rd, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Banswara, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Barwani, IN	monthly rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	McAdam, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Peddapuram, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Fort McPherson, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Ramgarh, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1959	Colchester 2 W, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1959	Harvey Station, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1959	Tororo, UG	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1959	Kalama 5 ENE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1959	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1959	Maleny Tamarind St, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1959	Tulita A, CA	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	25 years	31 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1959. 1959 had 316 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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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 10	184
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	3