Weather Records on 6 September 1972

567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1972. Highest significance: Lamar Rs, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1972

On 6 September 1972, 567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 237 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 564 daily.
Lamar Rs set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 6 September 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

567 stations

567 station records on 6 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Itapetininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tatui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kenora A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Pinhal (Eloy Chaves)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Sao Geraldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordeiropolis (Emsa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Estrada de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Piracicaba (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pirapitingui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Arcanjo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridder	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Turvinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

567 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 6 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 564.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1972

Top 20 records on 6 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1972	Lamar Rs, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Island Park, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Itapetininga, BR	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Warroad, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Sarapui, BR	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Tatui, BR	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Kenora A, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Usina Pinhal (Eloy Chaves), BR	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Ear Falls, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Caconde, BR	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Sitio Sao Geraldo, BR	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Bairro Do Pinheiro, BR	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Sprague, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Cordeiropolis (Emsa), BR	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1972	Estrada de Cunha, BR	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1972	Piracicaba (Cpef), BR	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1972	Beiarn, NO	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	31 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

1794 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 567 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	449
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2