Weather Records on 2 September 1990

675 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1990. Highest significance: Dungowan Station, AU.

Key Facts for 2 September 1990

On 2 September 1990, 675 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
291 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 641 daily.
Dungowan Station set a daily record precipitation of 26.0 mm (1.0 in) on 2 September 1990.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

675 stations

675 station records on 2 September 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stenstugu Forsoksgard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nadym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hedemora	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Suifenhe	China	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cachoeira Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jeriquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corrales	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bauru (Pdv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Loreto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dronten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wudu	China	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sapporo	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Cruces	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guaicara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Pedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Chantebled	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Pocitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nachiki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Capulines	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grobelershoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

675 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 238.

Records on 2 September 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 641.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

505 broken records

Margins by which the 505 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1990

Top 20 records on 2 September 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1990	Dungowan Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Stenstugu Forsoksgard, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Linjiang, CN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Nadym, RU	monthly rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Prairie du Chien, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Mascota (Smn), MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Pueblo Nuevo, MX	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Pine Ridge (Billabong), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	San Cristobal, MX	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Bjoernoeya, NO	monthly high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Atyrau, KZ	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Kisinev, MD	daily high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Zoh Laguna, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Linguere, SN	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Lowestoft, GB	daily high max	26.4 C (79.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Childs, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1990	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	35 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1990. 1990 had 675 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	452
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1