Weather Records on 7 September 1971

648 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1971. Highest significance: Sandfontein (Irr), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 September 1971

On 7 September 1971, 648 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 637 daily.
Sandfontein (Irr) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 7 September 1971.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

648 stations

648 station records on 7 September 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandfontein (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saran-Paul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgeboom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brakpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 61 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress Dam 48	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocco	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

648 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 295.

Records on 7 September 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1971

Top 20 records on 7 September 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1971	Sandfontein (Irr), ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1971	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1971	Shoals 8 S, US	monthly rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	New Carlisle, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Middlebourne 3 ESE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Saran-Paul, RU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Spencer, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Wilgeboom (Bos), ZA	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Hartford 6 NW, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Brakpan, ZA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Irvington, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Mochudi, BW	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1971	Petersburg 61 Brg, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	38 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 648 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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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 10	411
10 to 20	58
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1