Weather Records on 6 September 1962

772 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1962. Highest significance: Dwingelo, NL.

Key Facts for 6 September 1962

On 6 September 1962, 772 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 519 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 764 daily.
Dwingelo set a daily record precipitation of 43.1 mm (1.7 in) on 6 September 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

772 stations

772 station records on 6 September 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salwani(Silvani)	India	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Begumganj	India	Record daily precipitation	222.1 mm (8.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eerstegeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hughton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leader	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

772 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 263, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 256, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 6 September 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	263
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	256
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1962

Top 20 records on 6 September 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1962	Dwingelo, NL	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Uniontown, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Mogoca, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Frammersbach, DE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Julatten, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Hamlin 1SW, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Colorado City, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Tarikere, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	High River, CA	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Pekisko, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Salwani(Silvani), IN	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Begumganj, IN	monthly rain	222.1 mm (8.7 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Eerstegeluk, ZA	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Keams Canyon, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Roby, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Chhibramau, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Storlien, SE	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Russellville, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1962	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	59 years	39 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1962. 1962 had 772 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-09-06: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	582
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1