Weather Records on 3 September 1939

656 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1939. Highest significance: Arnhem, NL.

Key Facts for 3 September 1939

On 3 September 1939, 656 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
557 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 133 monthly and 521 daily.
Arnhem set an all-time record daily precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 3 September 1939.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

656 stations

656 station records on 3 September 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

656 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 269, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 63.

Records on 3 September 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	269
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1939 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 133, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1939

Top 20 records on 3 September 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1939	Arnhem, NL	all-time rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1939	Sorve, EE	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1939	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1939	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1939	Kleve, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1939	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1939	Helmond, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1939	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1939	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Barauli, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Glenwood 3SW, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Maquoketa, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Waterloo, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Leavenworth, US	monthly high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Covington 8 WNW, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Tekamah, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Guthrie 5S, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Bethany, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1939	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	54 years	26 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1939. 1939 had 656 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	426
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1