Weather Records on 2 September 1985

714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1985. Highest significance: Covington 8 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 1985

On 2 September 1985, 714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 660 daily.
Covington 8 WNW set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 2 September 1985.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

714 stations

714 station records on 2 September 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brimson 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vesta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	172.9 mm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blumenau (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ikej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tototlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tanguj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hallnas-Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cincel 42	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Hermanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Folkston 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

714 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 287.

Records on 2 September 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 52, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1985

Top 20 records on 2 September 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1985	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Nizhneudinsk, RU	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Verhnjaja Gutara, RU	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Brimson 2S, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Benson, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Vesta, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Madeline Is, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Bryant, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily low max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra), BR	daily rain	172.9 mm (6.8 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Blumenau (Pcd), BR	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Ikej, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Pierce 1 E, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1985	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	48 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1985. 1985 had 714 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	466
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1