Weather Records on 7 September 1959

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1959. Highest significance: Budaun, IN.

Key Facts for 7 September 1959

On 7 September 1959, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
320 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 564 daily.
Budaun set a daily record precipitation of 178.8 mm (7.0 in) on 7 September 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 7 September 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glengyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raisingnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anupgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Michie	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khitoli	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roomal	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 180.

Records on 7 September 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 564.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1959

Top 20 records on 7 September 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1959	Budaun, IN	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Glengyle, AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Shahabad, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Minas Nuevas, MX	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Haidargarh, IN	daily rain	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Bezenchuk, RU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Bergland Dam, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Raisingnagar, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Anupgarh, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Lake Michie, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Khitoli, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Britannia Beach Furry Cr, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Bari, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Chhibramau, IN	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Biswan, IN	daily rain	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1959	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	34 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 583 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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Data for records on 1959-09-07: 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	385
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3