Weather Records on 2 September 1938

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1938. Highest significance: Waterdale, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1938

On 2 September 1938, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 331 daily.
Waterdale set an all-time record daily precipitation of 135.9 mm (5.4 in) on 2 September 1938.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 2 September 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	223.3 mm (8.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simga	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Brow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 145.

Records on 2 September 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 44, daily 331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

302 broken records

Margins by which the 302 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1938

Top 20 records on 2 September 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1938	Waterdale, US	all-time rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1938	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Khairagarh, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Keonjhargarh, IN	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Fatehpur, IN	daily rain	223.3 mm (8.8 in)	142.3 mm (5.6 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Boulder, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	De Wagendrift, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Sagar Island, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Healy, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Wheatland 4N, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Garhwa, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1938	Simga, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1938	Jalpaiguri, IN	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1938	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1938	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1938	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	31 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1938. 1938 had 376 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	272
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1