Weather Records on 3 September 1928

302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1928. Highest significance: Athens, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1928

On 3 September 1928, 302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 298 daily.
Athens set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 3 September 1928.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

302 stations

302 station records on 3 September 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Speers Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

302 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 71.

Records on 3 September 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 298.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

237 broken records

Margins by which the 237 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1928

Top 20 records on 3 September 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1928	Athens, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1928	Mantova, IT	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1928	Galway, IE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1928	Blakely, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Turners Falls, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Taunton, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Speers Ferry, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Pawtucket, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Concord, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Americus, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Carlisle, US	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	57 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Kenhardt (Pol), ZA	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1928	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	47 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1928. 1928 had 302 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 10	215
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1