Weather Records on 6 September 1978

1,273 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1978. Highest significance: Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 6 September 1978

On 6 September 1978, 1,273 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
393 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 74 monthly and 1,197 daily.
Flagstaff (Tnk) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 270.0 mm (10.6 in) on 6 September 1978.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,273 stations

1,273 station records on 6 September 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hoskintown Radio Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Shmidta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pendroy 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dallarnil Telephone Exch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meoqui (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Churumuco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Malpais	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulburin Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Curral Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delicias (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,273 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 618.

Records on 6 September 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	618
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 74, daily 1,197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,059 broken records

Margins by which the 1,059 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1978

Top 20 records on 6 September 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1978	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	all-time rain	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 September 1978	Manfred Downs Station, AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1978	Iowa Hill, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1978	Oakley, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Twin Lakes, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Twistetal-Muhlhausen, DE	monthly rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Independence, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Sonora, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Hoskintown Radio Observatory, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr, DE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Mys Shmidta, RU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Hazelton, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Pendroy 2 NNW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Calaveras Big Trees, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Adaven, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Foresthill Rs, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1978	Annanvale, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	47 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1978. 1978 had 1,273 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 10	858
10 to 20	125
20 to 30	48
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1