Weather Records on 2 September 1942

389 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1942. Highest significance: Imperial, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1942

On 2 September 1942, 389 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 345 daily.
Imperial set a monthly record daily precipitation of 145.5 mm (5.7 in) on 2 September 1942.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

389 stations

389 station records on 2 September 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaura	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

389 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 September 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 September 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 630.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1942

Top 20 records on 2 September 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1942	Imperial, US	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1942	Norddal, NO	monthly snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1942	Palitana, IN	monthly rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Elsie, US	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Lexington, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Ufa, RU	monthly rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Benkelman 1N, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Beloit, US	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Olpad, IN	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Axel, NL	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Maquoketa, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Barwasagar, IN	daily rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Elwood 8 S, US	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Wauneta, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Arcadia, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Albion, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Culbertson, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1942	Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	45 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 389 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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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 100	321
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1