Weather Records on 5 September 1991

598 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1991. Highest significance: Fleming, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1991

On 5 September 1991, 598 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 572 daily.
Fleming set a daily record precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 5 September 1991.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

598 stations

598 station records on 5 September 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moskovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kemerovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Krapivino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toguchin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ogurcovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centralnyj Rudnik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotitlan Palmas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kreschenka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Telixtlahuaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juchipila (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Patchogue 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waelder 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosamorada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Rose	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
South Weymouth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Atepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

598 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 5 September 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1991 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 572.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

464 broken records

Margins by which the 464 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1991

Top 20 records on 5 September 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1991	Fleming, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1991	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1991	Moskovo, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Kemerovo, RU	monthly rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Krapivino, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Toguchin, RU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Ogurcovo, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Nenastnaja, RU	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Centralnyj Rudnik, RU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Falmouth, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Zapotitlan Palmas (Smn), MX	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Kreschenka, RU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	San Francisco Telixtlahuaca, MX	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Novosibirsk, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Juchipila (Smn), MX	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Luna Rs, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Maysville Wwtp, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1991	Patchogue 2 N, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	39 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 598 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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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 10	376
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1