Weather Records on 3 September 1940

213 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1940. Highest significance: El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1940

On 3 September 1940, 213 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 195 daily.
El Dorado Goodwin Fld set a daily record precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 3 September 1940.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

213 stations

213 station records on 3 September 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kealakekua 2 28.7	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	42.6 C (108.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldine 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

213 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 73.

Records on 3 September 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

154 broken records

Margins by which the 154 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1940

Top 20 records on 3 September 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1940	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1940	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1940	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1940	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1940	Chaplin, CA	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	McPherson, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Hata, IN	daily rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Sonamukhi, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Wray, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Morgan City, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Glasgow #2, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Ft Smith, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Neosho, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Kealakekua 2 28.7, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Novorossijsk, RU	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Goodland, US	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1940	Regina Int'l A, CA	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	25 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1940. 1940 had 213 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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Data for records on 1940-09-03: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	129
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1