Weather Records on 2 September 1980

697 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1980. Highest significance: Brockport, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1980

On 2 September 1980, 697 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
281 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 635 daily.
Brockport set a daily record precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 2 September 1980.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

697 stations

697 station records on 2 September 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Xadrez	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.1 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kentland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thies	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Lucena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ilcir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Lac Morin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richwoods	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenup 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garruchos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiksi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

697 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 September 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 September 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 62, daily 635.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1980

Top 20 records on 2 September 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1980	Brockport, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1980	Vineland Station, CA	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Eagle, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Colonia Xadrez, BR	daily rain	92.1 mm (3.6 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Price, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Kentland, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Allakaket, US	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Thies, SN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Vandalia, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Fredonia, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	McKinley Park, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Porto Lucena, BR	daily rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Allegany Sp, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Batavia, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1980	Ilcir, RU	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	22 years	37 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1980. 1980 had 697 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	459
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2