Weather Records on 3 September 1944

282 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1944. Highest significance: Praha-Klementinum, CZ.

Key Facts for 3 September 1944

On 3 September 1944, 282 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 267 daily.
Praha-Klementinum set a daily record precipitation of 28.9 mm (1.1 in) on 3 September 1944.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

282 stations

282 station records on 3 September 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rudrapur/Kitchha	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

282 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 136.

Records on 3 September 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1944

Top 20 records on 3 September 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1944	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1944	Chamarajnagar, IN	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1944	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1944	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1944	Stratford, CA	all-time rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1944	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1944	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1944	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1944	Sharpes Siding, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Paramathi, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Gavle, SE	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Namakkal, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Malin Head, IE	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Gobichettipalaya, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Rudrapur/Kitchha, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1944	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	31 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1944. 1944 had 282 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	161
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1