Weather Records on 1 September 1942

532 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1942. Highest significance: Dawson, US.

Key Facts for 1 September 1942

On 1 September 1942, 532 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 492 daily.
Dawson set an all-time record daily precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 1 September 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

532 stations

532 station records on 1 September 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hoosier Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

532 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 252.

Records on 1 September 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 1942 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 33, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

451 broken records

Margins by which the 451 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1942

Top 20 records on 1 September 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1942	Dawson, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1942	Miami, US	all-time rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1942	Raton, US	all-time rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1942	Springer, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1942	Pipestone, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Hoosier Rch, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Taos, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Sedan 7 NW, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	San Remo, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Merino, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Trinidad, US	all-time rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Roy, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Yuma, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Palo Verde (1), US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Cowes, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Alirajpur/Rajpur, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1942	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1942. 1942 had 532 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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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	395
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2