Weather Records on 6 September 1998

1,385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1998. Highest significance: Rio Grande City, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1998

On 6 September 1998, 1,385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
950 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 106 monthly and 1,277 daily.
Rio Grande City set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 6 September 1998.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,385 stations

1,385 station records on 6 September 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clearlake 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rouchel School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sagehen Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chetumal (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kupino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha (Karori)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha (Mooki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Flat Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,385 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 445, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 505, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 265.

Records on 6 September 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	445
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	505
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 106, daily 1,277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,004 broken records

Margins by which the 1,004 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1998

Top 20 records on 6 September 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1998	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1998	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1998	Boggabri (Kanownda), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1998	Wee Waa (George St), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	119 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Arrowrock Dam, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Clearlake 4 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Upper Rouchel School, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Huixtla, MX	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Chilapa (Smn), MX	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Vega de Alatorre, MX	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Sagehen Creek, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Truckee Rs, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Pratt 3NW, US	monthly high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Boggabri (Penryn), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Chetumal (Dge), MX	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Emblem, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1998	Green Rvr, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	44 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 1,385 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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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	969
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1