Weather Records on 2 September 1988

1,284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1988. Highest significance: Penola Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 2 September 1988

On 2 September 1988, 1,284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
388 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 101 monthly and 1,169 daily.
Penola Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 2 September 1988.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,284 stations

1,284 station records on 2 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kroonplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Djurskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Middelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lindong	China	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oliphantspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Reydon 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Venados	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Engeland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Welgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woomelang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown (Inglewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keith (Narree Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,284 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 772.

Records on 2 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	772
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 101, daily 1,169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,108 broken records

Margins by which the 1,108 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1988

Top 20 records on 2 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1988	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Steeunmekaar (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	St Arnaud, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Eversley, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Kroonplaats, ZA	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Wentworth (Burtundy), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Biri, NO	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Djurskog, SE	all-time rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Tonala (Smn), MX	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Beazleys Bridge, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Middelkop, ZA	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Dwarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Glenorchy, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Lindong, CN	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Oliphantspoort, ZA	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Mount Burr Forest Reserve, AU	monthly rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1988	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1988. 1988 had 1,284 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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Data for records on 1988-09-02: 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 20	974
20 to 40	108
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1