Weather Records on 6 September 1997

1,389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1997. Highest significance: Malyalling, AU.

Key Facts for 6 September 1997

On 6 September 1997, 1,389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
353 were record highs and 471 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,329 daily.
Malyalling set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 6 September 1997.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,389 stations

1,389 station records on 6 September 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malyalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Key West NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jennacubbine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koski Sorvasto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mietoinen Saari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Korppoo Korpogard	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kokemaki Peipohja Hyrkola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lieto Tammentaka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laitila Haukka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koylio Yttila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kortesjarvi Saarijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Overtornea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harjavalta Torttila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kauhava Lentokentta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yoongarillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seinajoki Pelmaa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huittinen Sallila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,389 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 405, Heaviest daily rainfall 565.

Records on 6 September 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	405
Heaviest daily rainfall	565
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 60, daily 1,329.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,171 broken records

Margins by which the 1,171 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1997

Top 20 records on 6 September 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1997	Malyalling, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1997	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1997	Redlands, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Brookton, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Key West NAS, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Jennacubbine, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Koski Sorvasto, FI	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Oakland, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Mietoinen Saari, FI	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Miami Beach, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Walnut Canyon Nm, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Korppoo Korpogard, FI	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Kochi, JP	daily rain	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Yuma, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi, PE	daily high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1997	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	88 years	43 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 1,389 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1997-09-06: 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	1,140
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1