Weather Records on 6 September 1996

934 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1996. Highest significance: Raleigh 4 SW, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1996

On 6 September 1996, 934 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 331 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 870 daily.
Raleigh 4 SW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 211.3 mm (8.3 in) on 6 September 1996.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

934 stations

934 station records on 6 September 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Staryj Oskol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Fire STN #5	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Blair Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gateway 1ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sharcovschina	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brookgreen Gardens	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Butner Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Berezino	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	299.7 mm (11.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mier Y Noriega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iconha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield Mercer Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arcola	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Dulles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood 8SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Raleigh Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donetsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

934 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 218, Heaviest daily rainfall 324.

Records on 6 September 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	218
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1996 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 45, daily 870.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

698 broken records

Margins by which the 698 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1996

Top 20 records on 6 September 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1996	Raleigh 4 SW, US	all-time rain	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	66 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 September 1996	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	all-time rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	all-time rain	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Romney 1 SW, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Julesburg, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Willard 4 SW, US	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Graham 2 ENE, US	all-time rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Staryj Oskol, RU	all-time rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Lexington, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Rougemont, US	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1996	Franklin 2 NE, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1996	Elizabethtown, US	all-time rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1996	Burlington Fire STN #5, US	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1996	Altoona Blair Co AP, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1996	Henderson 2 NNW, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1996	Gateway 1ENE, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1996	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1996	Charlottesville Albemarle AP, US	monthly rain	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	55 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 934 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 1996-09-06: 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 20	619
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	7