Weather Records on 3 September 1930

120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1930. Highest significance: Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU.

Key Facts for 3 September 1930

On 3 September 1930, 120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 110 daily.
Troicko-Pecherskoe set an all-time record daily precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 3 September 1930.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

120 stations

120 station records on 3 September 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mc Intosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Reach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

120 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 26.

Records on 3 September 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1930 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 110.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

77 broken records

Margins by which the 77 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 22.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1930

Top 20 records on 3 September 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1930	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	all-time rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1930	Pendleton Dwtn, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Emmitsburg, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Princess Anne, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Ocala, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Culbertson, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	74 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Cedarville, US	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Agricultural College, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Gunnison 3SW, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	5 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1930	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	12 years	17 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1930. 1930 had 120 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	62
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1