Weather Records on 5 September 2018

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 2018. Highest significance: Gorjacinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 5 September 2018

On 5 September 2018, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
506 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 827 daily.
Gorjacinsk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 91.9 mm (3.6 in) on 5 September 2018.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 5 September 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alma Dam 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lodejnoe Pole	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elabuga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aalsmeer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boskoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Piedras Negras (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	183.8 mm (7.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Summit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wausau ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikne I Osterdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Litke	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bricelyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 359, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 283.

Records on 5 September 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	359
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 2018 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 31, daily 827.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

616 broken records

Margins by which the 616 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 2018

Top 20 records on 5 September 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 2018	Gorjacinsk, RU	all-time rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 September 2018	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 September 2018	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Mondovi, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Winona Dam 5 A, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Theilman 1SSW, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Alma Dam 4, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Beloit, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Lodejnoe Pole, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	66 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	David City 4E, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	112 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Washta, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	101 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Black Rvr Falls Sewage, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Lake City, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Nizhne-Tambovskoe, RU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Akron, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Owatonna, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2018	Elabuga, RU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2018. 2018 had 861 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2018-09-05: 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	515
20 to 40	62
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	3