Weather Records on 2 September 1956

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1956. Highest significance: Montelimar, FR.

Key Facts for 2 September 1956

On 2 September 1956, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 430 daily.
Montelimar set a daily record precipitation of 117.5 mm (4.6 in) on 2 September 1956.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 2 September 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parola	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville Dam 2O	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athabasca	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Golden Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte (Lochaber)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 2 September 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1956

Top 20 records on 2 September 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1956	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Nuguru(Venkitapu), IN	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Dhoraji, IN	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Cadiz, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Porbandar, IN	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Hopewell, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Railton (Cement Australia), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Armagh, GB	daily low max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1956	Elmhurst, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1956	Agua Branca, BR	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1956	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1956	Coimbra, PT	daily low min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1956	Timovskoe, RU	monthly high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	61 years	34 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1956. 1956 had 440 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	334
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3