Weather Records on 2 September 1924

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1924. Highest significance: Buffalo, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1924

On 2 September 1924, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 208 daily.
Buffalo set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 2 September 1924.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 2 September 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quabathoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goorianawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saegerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Louth (Mulya Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 95.

Records on 2 September 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 208.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 28.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1924

Top 20 records on 2 September 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1924	Buffalo, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1924	Farmington, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Chatham 2, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Malvern, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Hanover, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Vickery 2 NW, US	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	2 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Urawilkie, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Coonamble (Wingadee), AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Curraweena, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Bourke North, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Coonamble (Warrana), AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	Clover Creek, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1924	M.R.A., AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	34 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

1797 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1924. 1924 had 212 records.

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

Records on 09-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	1
1802	1
1808	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1886	5
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	8
1899	10
1900	3
1901	4
1902	5
1903	13
1904	6
1905	14
1906	25
1907	11
1908	58
1909	35
1910	13
1911	82
1912	37
1913	37
1914	16
1915	38
1916	26
1917	20
1918	31
1919	17
1920	39
1921	85
1922	46
1923	75
1924	212
1925	147
1926	215
1927	71
1928	203
1929	322
1930	194
1931	305
1932	473
1933	427
1934	537
1935	602
1936	391
1937	905
1938	376
1939	439
1940	224
1941	467
1942	389
1943	336
1944	353
1945	392
1946	635
1947	1,147
1948	431
1949	563
1950	745
1951	515
1952	698
1953	1,153
1954	721
1955	501
1956	440
1957	385
1958	348
1959	534
1960	448
1961	839
1962	318
1963	272
1964	679
1965	440
1966	362
1967	1,213
1968	493
1969	465
1970	553
1971	521
1972	743
1973	1,148
1974	1,294
1975	519
1976	835
1977	589
1978	484
1979	647
1980	697
1981	521
1982	672
1983	1,076
1984	598
1985	714
1986	860
1987	915
1988	1,284
1989	659
1990	675
1991	807
1992	1,117
1993	1,405
1994	1,291
1995	1,143
1996	604
1997	1,547
1998	1,263
1999	912
2000	1,931
2001	981
2002	805
2003	1,310
2004	679
2005	623
2006	1,238
2007	1,086
2008	1,229
2009	706
2010	1,081
2011	1,265
2012	885
2013	717
2014	650
2015	661
2016	621
2017	1,047
2018	473
2019	789
2020	701
2021	742
2022	991
2023	707
2024	923
2025	431
2026	866

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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	118
5 to 10	26
10 to 15	13
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2