Weather Records on 6 September 1959

405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1959. Highest significance: Washington 2 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1959

On 6 September 1959, 405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 385 daily.
Washington 2 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 105.7 mm (4.2 in) on 6 September 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

405 stations

405 station records on 6 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sambhal	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pen	India	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franz	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scenic	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	246.4 mm (9.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flambeau Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

405 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 6 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 385.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1959

Top 20 records on 6 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1959	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Leech Lake, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Dwarka, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Koele 693, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Salimpur, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Bastrop, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Sambhal, IN	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Bologna, IT	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	125 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Hornepayne, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Pen, IN	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Pierce Rs, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Tallulah, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Tashkent, UZ	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Panipat, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1959	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	35 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 405 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	259
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2