Weather Records on 2 September 1934

537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1934. Highest significance: Prospect Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 2 September 1934

On 2 September 1934, 537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 505 daily.
Prospect Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 2 September 1934.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

537 stations

537 station records on 2 September 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mat	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hunters Hill (the Bungalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Creek (Clendinning)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie (Rotherfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

537 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 September 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1934

Top 20 records on 2 September 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1934	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Budapest, HU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Potts Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Fairfax, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Purdum, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Ryde Pumping Station, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1934	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1934. 1934 had 537 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 20	368
20 to 40	63
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1