Weather Records on 2 September 1982

672 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1982. Highest significance: Hyannis, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1982

On 2 September 1982, 672 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 631 daily.
Hyannis set a daily record precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 2 September 1982.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

672 stations

672 station records on 2 September 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wahikuli 364	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kemoo Camp 8 855	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ph Wainiha 1115	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brookfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiraspol	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Valleys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

672 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 243.

Records on 2 September 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1982 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1982

Top 20 records on 2 September 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1982	Hyannis, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1982	Kilmashogue,Lowlands, ZA	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1982	Hermann, US	monthly rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1982	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Lahaina 361, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Gadag, IN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Waiahole 837, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Springfield 2W, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Hatchville, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Wahikuli 364, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	E Wareham, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Marshall, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Kemoo Camp 8 855, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	John Glenn Intl AP, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Kapalama 773, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Ph Wainiha 1115, US	monthly rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1982	Brookfield, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	44 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1982. 1982 had 672 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	442
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	4