Weather Records on 2 September 1972

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1972. Highest significance: Princess Anne, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1972

On 2 September 1972, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 406 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 731 daily.
Princess Anne set a daily record precipitation of 161.0 mm (6.3 in) on 2 September 1972.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 2 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farnsworth Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gorjacij Kljuc	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Hipolito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 296, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 2 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	296
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1972

Top 20 records on 2 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1972	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1972	Warren 3 S, US	all-time rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Wheatlands, ZA	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Jaransk, RU	monthly rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Teresina, BR	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Krasnodar, RU	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Canton, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Corozal Substn, PR	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Farnsworth Rch, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Gorjacij Kljuc, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Liberal, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Artesia 6S, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Cambridge Bay A, CA	monthly snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Waterdale, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Fazenda Paraiso, BR	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Narva, EE	daily low min	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Dover, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Corona, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1972	Southport 5 N, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	40 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1972. 1972 had 743 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	602
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1