Weather Records on 6 September 1980

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1980. Highest significance: El Morro Natl Mon, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1980

On 6 September 1980, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 433 daily.
El Morro Natl Mon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 6 September 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 6 September 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hardy A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Majkop	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ibeka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shalaurova Mys	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Evadale	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 September 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 September 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1980

Top 20 records on 6 September 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1980	El Morro Natl Mon, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1980	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1980	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Cape Hermes, ZA	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Cornubia, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Blackburn, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Liberty, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Glenora, ZA	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Enzelberg, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Bull Harbour, CA	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Orange, US	daily rain	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Anahuac, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Hackberry 8 SSW, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Dassieshoek, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Bosque del Apache, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Melrose, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1980	Bathurst Ns,, ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	40 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 458 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 100	340
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1