Weather Records on 6 September 1979

892 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1979. Highest significance: Guaiuba, BR.

Key Facts for 6 September 1979

On 6 September 1979, 892 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 827 daily.
Guaiuba set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.6 mm (2.1 in) on 6 September 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

892 stations

892 station records on 6 September 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guaiuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pacatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Arneiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Aiuaba (Bebedouro)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.6 mm (7.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Riachao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barra de Santa Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaque Raymond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canistear Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morris Plains 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mercersburg 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rockfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pendencias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Essex Fells Svc Bldg	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Louis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paupack 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

892 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 533.

Records on 6 September 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	533
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1979 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 58, daily 827.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1979

Top 20 records on 6 September 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1979	Guaiuba, BR	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Pacatuba, BR	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Arneiroz, BR	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Aiuaba (Bebedouro), BR	monthly rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Coatesville 1 SW, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Gaspe, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Greenville, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Belvidere, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Hatteras, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1979	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1979	Tarboro 1 S, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1979	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1979	Big Meadows, US	daily rain	196.6 mm (7.7 in)	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1979	Acude Riachao, BR	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1979	Barra de Santa Rosa, BR	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1979	Disraeli, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1979	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1979	Columbia 2SSE, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	55 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 892 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 1979-09-06: 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 20	531
20 to 40	104
40 to 60	56
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1