Weather Records on 6 September 1976

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1976. Highest significance: Micurinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 6 September 1976

On 6 September 1976, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 238 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 849 daily.
Micurinsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.8 mm (3.1 in) on 6 September 1976.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 6 September 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Itaperuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turij Rog	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Acton Escondido Fc261	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narandiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goose A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pedra Selada (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Volta Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graysville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presidio	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pompeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boissevain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uchur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 264, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 159, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 September 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	264
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	159
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 65, daily 849.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

727 broken records

Margins by which the 727 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1976

Top 20 records on 6 September 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1976	Micurinsk, RU	monthly rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1976	Itaperuna, BR	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Turij Rog, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Acton Escondido Fc261, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Narandiba, BR	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Navojoa, MX	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Askaniia Nova, UA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Goose A, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Wellton, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Ojo de Agua, MX	monthly low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Stephan 2 NW, US	monthly high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Patrocinio Do Muriae, BR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Pedra Selada (Pcd), BR	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low max	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Cypress River, CA	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Nevada City, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1976	Windom, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	36 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 915 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 10	645
10 to 20	60
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2