Weather Records on 5 September 1993

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1993. Highest significance: Virginia City, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1993

On 5 September 1993, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 614 daily.
Virginia City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 5 September 1993.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 5 September 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Voznesensk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Guilin	China	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pedricea	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Agua Clara	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barber	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolas Bravo KM. 71	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niobrara	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canal V.O.C.	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cekunda	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sutur	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Robstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guilin	China	Record low maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bratoljubovka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Braemar	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ganado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tenasco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Empleado	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tanquian de Escobedo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 130.

Records on 5 September 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1993

Top 20 records on 5 September 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1993	Virginia City, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	101 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 September 1993	Voznesensk, UA	all-time rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1993	Guilin, CN	monthly rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1993	Pedricea, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1993	Agua Clara, VE	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Kiev, UA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Oskaloosa, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Purdum, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Barber, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Toms River, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Indianola 1SW, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Onawa 3NW, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Nis, RS	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Danville, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Denison, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Allende (Smn), MX	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	88 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1993	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	10.9 C (51.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1993	Plauen, DE	daily low max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1993	Nicolas Bravo KM. 71, MX	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1993. 1993 had 635 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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Data for records on 1993-09-05: 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	467
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1