Weather Records on 6 September 1973

866 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1973. Highest significance: Ardmore, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1973

On 6 September 1973, 866 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 835 daily.
Ardmore set a daily record precipitation of 106.9 mm (4.2 in) on 6 September 1973.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

866 stations

866 station records on 6 September 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Quondong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Butka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tugulym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tavda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Demjanskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
East Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edom	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

866 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 403.

Records on 6 September 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	403
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 835.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1973

Top 20 records on 6 September 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1973	Ardmore, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1973	Paragould, US	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1973	Iffley Station, AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Taunton, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Quondong, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Newport, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Angelica, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Brockton, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Tyumen Amsg, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Butka, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Northville, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Portageville 1N, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Mena, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1973	Millersburg, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 866 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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Data for records on 1973-09-06: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	602
25 to 50	91
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1