Weather Records on 2 September 1989

659 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1989. Highest significance: Langebaan, ZA.

Key Facts for 2 September 1989

On 2 September 1989, 659 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 625 daily.
Langebaan set an all-time record daily precipitation of 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 2 September 1989.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

659 stations

659 station records on 2 September 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kailiili 436	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Soroca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	165.7 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yanji	China	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jaskul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iwami Airport	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cimljansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gayvoron	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morozovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matador	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kure Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blanchard 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iwakuni	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gamaliel	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

659 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 268.

Records on 2 September 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1989

Top 20 records on 2 September 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1989	Langebaan, ZA	all-time rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1989	Kailiili 436, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Soroca, MD	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Vinnytsia, UA	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Anadarko 3 E, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Poset, RU	daily rain	165.7 mm (6.5 in)	132.9 mm (5.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Yanji, CN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Ada, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Hamada, JP	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Elwood, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Purcell 2 SW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Kagoshima, JP	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Kurgan, RU	daily low min	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Miyakonojo, JP	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Kisinev, MD	daily low max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Jaskul, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Newport, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Peachester, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1989	Iwami Airport, JP	daily rain	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	39 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1989. 1989 had 659 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	415
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2