Weather Records on 3 September 1911

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1911. Highest significance: Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 3 September 1911

On 3 September 1911, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 78 daily.
Cape Schanck Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 3 September 1911.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

87 stations

87 station records on 3 September 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee (Wyndham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong (Comberoond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Youngara 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmouth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1911 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 66.

Records on 3 September 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1911 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 78.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

81 broken records

Margins by which the 81 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1911

Top 20 records on 3 September 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1911	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1911	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1911	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1911	Werribee (Wyndham), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1911	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1911	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1911	Mount Bute, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Collendina, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Winchelsea (Murdeduke), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Berrybank, AU	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Jena Sternwarte, DE	monthly high max	36.5 C (97.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Gorlitz, DE	monthly high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	10.3 C (50.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1911	Roto Station, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1811 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1911. 1911 had 87 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	43
5 to 10	15
10 to 15	16
15 to 20	6
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1