Weather Records on 5 September 2021

424 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 2021. Highest significance: Ensay, AU.

Key Facts for 5 September 2021

On 5 September 2021, 424 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 414 daily.
Ensay set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 5 September 2021.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

424 stations

424 station records on 5 September 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Uhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bullita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Comitan Chis.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bete Bolong (Russells Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tabilk (Tahbilk Winery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra (Billimari (Pine View))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson Winery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perrysville 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tete	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valujki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth: Mountbatten	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tomingley (Gundongs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aranda (Bindaga St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Usugli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wave Hill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens (Darke St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

424 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 170.

Records on 5 September 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 2021

Top 20 records on 5 September 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 2021	Ensay, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2021	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2021	Marlo, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2021	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	126 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2021	Yulin, CN	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2021	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	110 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 2021	Uhta, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Wymah (Gwandallen), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Glenmaggie Weir, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Bullita, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Briagolong, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Perryville Wtp, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Comitan Chis., MX	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Bete Bolong (Russells Estate), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Tongio (Brooklands), AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2021	Tabilk (Tahbilk Winery), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 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

1802 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2021. 2021 had 424 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

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Data for records on 2021-09-05: 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 10	288
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1