Weather Records on 5 September 1971

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1971. Highest significance: Sidney, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1971

On 5 September 1971, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 691 daily.
Sidney set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 5 September 1971.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

736 stations

736 station records on 5 September 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sidney	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sapulpa 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tagus	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
South Solitary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amidon	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 394.

Records on 5 September 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 43, daily 691.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

611 broken records

Margins by which the 611 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1971

Top 20 records on 5 September 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1971	Sidney, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1971	Savage, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1971	Epping, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1971	Altus Irig Rsch STN, US	all-time rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1971	Buskala Rch, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1971	Bottineau, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1971	Killdeer 8 NW, US	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1971	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1971	Crosby, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Fairfield, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Westhope, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Hilland 2 NW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Sundance, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Chariton 1 E, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Towner 2 NE, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Plevna, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Minot Exp STN, US	all-time rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1971	Watford City, US	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	55 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

1802 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1971. 1971 had 736 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1971-09-05: 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	523
20 to 40	65
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1