Weather Records on 2 September 1968

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1968. Highest significance: Kei Road (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 September 1968

On 2 September 1968, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 469 daily.
Kei Road (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 88.0 mm (3.5 in) on 2 September 1968.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 2 September 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort C/K	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oukraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Struishoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doornbosch	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sobradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fullarton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cegcuana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmiet, Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brynawe, Paddock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 314.

Records on 2 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 469.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

425 broken records

Margins by which the 425 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1968

Top 20 records on 2 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1968	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1968	Pirie (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1968	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1968	Mount Coke (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1968	Rockford, ZA	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1968	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1968	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Ninette, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Frankfort C/K, ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Mill Holme, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Klipplaat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Tsolo, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Hankey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Buxton (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1968	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	53 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1968. 1968 had 493 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 10	283
10 to 20	65
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	24
40 to 50	13
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	4
70 to 80	2