Weather Records on 2 September 1940

224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1940. Highest significance: Northfield, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1940

On 2 September 1940, 224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 205 daily.
Northfield set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 2 September 1940.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

224 stations

224 station records on 2 September 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

224 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 68.

Records on 2 September 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 205.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

165 broken records

Margins by which the 165 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

2 September 1940

Top 20 records on 2 September 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1940	Northfield, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1940	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Glencliff, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Vineland, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Holy Cross, US	monthly high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Charkhari, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Mathabhanga, IN	monthly rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily low max	6.5 C (43.7 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	42 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Kendrapara, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Kingman, US	all-time rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Seligman, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Dinhata, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Arcadia, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Beaver, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1940	Goilkera, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	23 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1940. 1940 had 224 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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Data for records on 1940-09-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 September 1940
Margin	Records
0 to 10	143
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3