Weather Records on 3 September 1922

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1922. Highest significance: Lexington Bluegrass AP, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1922

On 3 September 1922, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 46 daily.
Lexington Bluegrass AP set an all-time record daily precipitation of 138.4 mm (5.4 in) on 3 September 1922.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 3 September 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 15.

Records on 3 September 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1922 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1922

Top 20 records on 3 September 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1922	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	all-time rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1922	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1922	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Bungunya School, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Milan, IT	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	61 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Point Pleasant, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Paris, CA	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Enisejsk, RU	monthly rain	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Karesuando, SE	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Athens, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	0 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Prince Albert, CA	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Barkerville, CA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Kristianstad, SE	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	39 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Kiev, UA	daily rain	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	17 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily low max	30.2 C (86.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Waverley (Belltrees 2), AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1922	Grenfell, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	14 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1922. 1922 had 51 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 September 1922
Margin	Records
0 to 10	28
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1