Weather Records on 4 September 1991

708 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1991. Highest significance: Albion, US.

Key Facts for 4 September 1991

On 4 September 1991, 708 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 672 daily.
Albion set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 4 September 1991.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

708 stations

708 station records on 4 September 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Losovaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuaca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tenasco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Temascal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuimato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Patna	India	Record daily precipitation	462.0 mm (18.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Groveton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyngor Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nilo Pecanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Atepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

708 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 4 September 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1991 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 672.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1991

Top 20 records on 4 September 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1991	Albion, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	94 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 September 1991	Nashville 1 E, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	95 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1991	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1991	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1991	Bucyrus, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Losovaya, RU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Ixtlahuaca (Smn), MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Nalcik, RU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Vevay, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	McGaffey 5 SE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Salem, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Okemah, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Tenasco, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Kulani Camp 79, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Galway, IE	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Fremont, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1991	Temascal, MX	daily rain	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 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

1802 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1991. 1991 had 708 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1991-09-04: 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	505
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2