Weather Records on 6 September 2001

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 2001. Highest significance: Yli-II Kk, FI.

Key Facts for 6 September 2001

On 6 September 2001, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 602 daily.
Yli-II Kk set a daily record precipitation of 28.8 mm (1.1 in) on 6 September 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 6 September 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yli-II Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karsamaki Venetpalo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pyhanta Viitamaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Contla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trident	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Etla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neihart 8 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad Nueva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Ecatepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haapajarvi Valioja Nokkous	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
May 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wausau ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raynesford 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Certkovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnedvinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chipinge	Zimbabwe	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Las Margaritas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 6 September 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 172.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 2001

Top 20 records on 6 September 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 2001	Yli-II Kk, FI	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Tanegashima, JP	daily rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	San Marcos, MX	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Karsamaki Venetpalo, FI	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Austin 1 W, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Wisdom, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Anaconda, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Las Bayas, MX	monthly low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	23.4 C (74.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Mount Barker, AU	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Pyhanta Viitamaki, FI	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Shimizu, JP	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Contla, MX	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 2001	Trident, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	42 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 631 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 2001-09-06: 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 25	428
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1