Weather Records on 5 September 1959

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1959. Highest significance: Jetpur, IN.

Key Facts for 5 September 1959

On 5 September 1959, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 354 daily.
Jetpur set an all-time record daily precipitation of 340.0 mm (13.4 in) on 5 September 1959.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

367 stations

367 station records on 5 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jetpur	India	Record daily precipitation	340.0 mm (13.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota-Udepur	India	Record daily precipitation	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morvi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kapadvanj	India	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lunawada	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Punaluu 884	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Abu Road	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 5 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 354.

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 108.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1959

Top 20 records on 5 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1959	Jetpur, IN	all-time rain	340.0 mm (13.4 in)	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	9 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1959	Rahapur, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Great Falls, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Chhota-Udepur, IN	all-time rain	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Byad, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Jayamkondam, IN	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Sironcha, IN	daily rain	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Morvi, IN	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1959	Alirajpur/Rajpur, IN	daily rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Luakaha Lower 782, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Lake Keechelus, US	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Enfield, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Lake Kachess, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Palmer 3 ESE, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Kapadvanj, IN	daily rain	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1959	Balasinor, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	4 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

1802 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1959. 1959 had 367 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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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	229
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1