Weather Records on 2 September 1966

362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1966. Highest significance: Weeping Water, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1966

On 2 September 1966, 362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 350 daily.
Weeping Water set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 2 September 1966.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

362 stations

362 station records on 2 September 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	200.8 mm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicurus (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alhandra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Puthendam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Voravakal(Varaka)	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

362 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 180.

Records on 2 September 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1966

Top 20 records on 2 September 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1966	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1966	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Port Washington, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Byers 5 ENE, US	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Broadus, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Ramnagar Sr, IN	daily rain	200.8 mm (7.9 in)	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Kudal, IN	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Guaicurus (Particular), BR	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Alhandra, BR	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Tracy, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Piracicaba, BR	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Follett, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1966	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	36 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1966. 1966 had 362 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	288
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1