Weather Records on 3 September 1985

983 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1985. Highest significance: Alexandria, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1985

On 3 September 1985, 983 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 925 daily.
Alexandria set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 3 September 1985.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

983 stations

983 station records on 3 September 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Uda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zima	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lorch/Rhein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Soroca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zavetnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Horken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorredijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crailsheim-Alexandersreut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boutilimit	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Appelscha	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grycksbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borgardet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frykfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Finnbacka_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottenberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Molndal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oje_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

983 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 551.

Records on 3 September 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	551
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 56, daily 925.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

820 broken records

Margins by which the 820 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1985

Top 20 records on 3 September 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1985	Alexandria, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1985	Ust-Uda, RU	monthly rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1985	Port Wing, US	all-time rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1985	Zwartrandjes, ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Driefontein, ZA	monthly rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Bergland Dam, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Marquette, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	109 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Zima, RU	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Ashland Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Brule Rs, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Hammond, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Lorch/Rhein, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Soroca, MD	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Zavetnoe, RU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Belah Fire Twr, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Oberlin Fire Twr, US	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Schotten, DE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1985	Horken, SE	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	46 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

1811 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1985. 1985 had 983 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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Data for records on 1985-09-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	809
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1