Weather Records on 2 September 1928

203 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1928. Highest significance: Newport 1 NW, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1928

On 2 September 1928, 203 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 197 daily.
Newport 1 NW set a daily record precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 2 September 1928.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

203 stations

203 station records on 2 September 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

203 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 59.

Records on 2 September 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

155 broken records

Margins by which the 155 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1928

Top 20 records on 2 September 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1928	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1928	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1928	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Moxley, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Charleston, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Asheville, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Steveston, CA	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low min	1.3 C (34.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Redbank Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Astana, KZ	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Verhojansk, RU	daily rain	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1928	Effingham, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	2 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1928. 1928 had 203 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	113
5 to 10	19
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	5
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	3