Weather Records on 6 September 1977

467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1977. Highest significance: Toms River, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1977

On 6 September 1977, 467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 441 daily.
Toms River set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 6 September 1977.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

467 stations

467 station records on 6 September 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rubcovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nyhammar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dzardzan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
NAS	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dejefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idkerberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklandon Geist Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Djurskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corner Brook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottenberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grycksbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisskogsasen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leksand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grangesberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kipling 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

467 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 252.

Records on 6 September 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1977 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 441.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1977

Top 20 records on 6 September 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1977	Toms River, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1977	Chiricahua Nm, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1977	Kotzebue AP, US	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1977	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Rubcovsk, RU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Merrill, US	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Paulding, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Shubuta, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Tylertown 5ESE, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Nyhammar, SE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Columbia, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Deer Lake, CA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Dzardzan, RU	monthly rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Hammond, US	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Oaknolia 2N, US	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	NAS, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Livingston, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Dejefors, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1977	Idkerberget, SE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	42 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1977. 1977 had 467 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	330
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1