Weather Records on 2 September 1946

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1946. Highest significance: Welbedacht, ZA.

Key Facts for 2 September 1946

On 2 September 1946, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 443 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 628 daily.
Welbedacht set a monthly record daily precipitation of 52.8 mm (2.1 in) on 2 September 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 2 September 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	262.6 mm (10.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ghosi	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	241.6 mm (9.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chenari	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chandauli	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbaras Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 313, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 2 September 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	313
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 628.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 193.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1946

Top 20 records on 2 September 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1946	Welbedacht, ZA	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	262.6 mm (10.3 in)	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Wupperthal, ZA	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Ageon, IN	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Araria, IN	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Ekangersarai, IN	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Muhammadpur, IN	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Dehri, IN	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Ghosi, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Genoa, IT	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Daudnagar(Haspur), IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Bansgaon, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Aurangabad, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1946	Bikram, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	35 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1946. 1946 had 635 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 25	469
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1