Weather Records on 6 September 1988

1,547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1988. Highest significance: Charlotte Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 6 September 1988

On 6 September 1988, 1,547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 964 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,505 daily.
Charlotte Plains set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 6 September 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,547 stations

1,547 station records on 6 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Raevsky	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puottaure	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alvon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zapopan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheepie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,547 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 209, Lowest daily maximum 408, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 556, Heaviest daily rainfall 211.

Records on 6 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	209
Lowest daily maximum	408
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	556
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 38, daily 1,505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,150 broken records

Margins by which the 1,150 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 163.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1988

Top 20 records on 6 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1988	Charlotte Plains, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1988	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Raevsky, RU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Weribone, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Cross City 1 E, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Beechal, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Fergana, UZ	daily high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Woodlands, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Puottaure, SE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Usher Twr, US	daily rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Ft Green 12 WSW, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Bedford, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Winter Haven, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Glen Alvon, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Surat, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	Tiffin, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1988	El Rodeo, MX	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1988. 1988 had 1,547 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 1988-09-06: 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 25	1,130
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1