Weather Records on 1 September 1976

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1976. Highest significance: Menindee Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 1 September 1976

On 1 September 1976, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 276 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 610 daily.
Menindee Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 1 September 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 1 September 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Juremal (Jurema)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Raznavolok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas Hensley Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kolezma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Brady	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edom	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 September 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1976

Top 20 records on 1 September 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1976	Menindee Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1976	Sonora, US	all-time rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Juremal (Jurema), BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Shaki, AZ	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Black Hill, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan, MX	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Raznavolok, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Burenda, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Brady, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Pemfling-Pitzling, DE	monthly rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Augathella Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Dickson, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Hollenstein (Kraftwerk), DE	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Dallas Hensley Fld NAS, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Yosemite Park HQ, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Moorlands, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1976	Huell, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 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

1797 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1976. 1976 had 627 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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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	431
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3