Weather Records on 4 September 1977

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1977. Highest significance: Gorbica, RU.

Key Facts for 4 September 1977

On 4 September 1977, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 354 daily.
Gorbica set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 4 September 1977.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

386 stations

386 station records on 4 September 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorbica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Kara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Culym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nercinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usugli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leupp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loxahatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pokrovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estrela Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhuato (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ksenevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karymskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donalsonville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dillingen/Donau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ames	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nachiki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Siauliai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 181.

Records on 4 September 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1977

Top 20 records on 4 September 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1977	Gorbica, RU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1977	Ust-Kara, RU	monthly rain	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Culym, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Nercinsk, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Usugli, RU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Leupp, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Ulm, DE	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Regnier, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Pilger, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Mogoca, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Veraval, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Loxahatchee, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Packwood, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Arhangelsk, RU	daily high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Pokrovka, RU	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Estrela Do Sul, BR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1977	Tanhuato (Smn), MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	19 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1977. 1977 had 386 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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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	255
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1