Weather Records on 2 September 1949

563 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1949. Highest significance: Chodavaram, IN.

Key Facts for 2 September 1949

On 2 September 1949, 563 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 315 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 555 daily.
Chodavaram set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 2 September 1949.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

563 stations

563 station records on 2 September 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota-Udepur	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mandreal	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hathras	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

563 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 281, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 2 September 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	281
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1949

Top 20 records on 2 September 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1949	Chodavaram, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Gangapur, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Chhota-Udepur, IN	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Touros, BR	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Mandreal, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Bari, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Iglas, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Dehra Gopipur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1949	Sironcha, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1949	Gadhinglaj, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1949	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1949	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1949	Yellavaram, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1949	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1949	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1949	Baseri, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 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

1797 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1949. 1949 had 563 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 20	400
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1