Weather Records on 3 September 1941

406 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1941. Highest significance: Pembina, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1941

On 3 September 1941, 406 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 393 daily.
Pembina set a daily record precipitation of 56.9 mm (2.2 in) on 3 September 1941.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

406 stations

406 station records on 3 September 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhauli	India	Record daily precipitation	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

406 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 3 September 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 393.

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 77.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1941

Top 20 records on 3 September 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1941	Pembina, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Morden, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Eckman 2 SE, US	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Cairo, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Hinton 1, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Waukee, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Sidhauli, IN	all-time rain	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Bahraich, IN	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Beardstown, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1941	Macon, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1941	Washburn, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1941	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1941	Biswan, IN	monthly rain	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1941	Bottineau, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	33 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1941. 1941 had 406 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	219
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1