Weather Records on 3 September 1991

782 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1991. Highest significance: Brenham, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1991

On 3 September 1991, 782 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
447 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 715 daily.
Brenham set a daily record precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 3 September 1991.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

782 stations

782 station records on 3 September 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kropotkin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Youyang	China	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Gilead Lakes Prk	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenview NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rossvatn - Heggmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Groveton	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshereche	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Potrerillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyngor Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Mawgan	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saetermoen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sankt Peter-Ording	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

782 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 246, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 235.

Records on 3 September 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	246
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1991 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 66, daily 715.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

562 broken records

Margins by which the 562 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1991

Top 20 records on 3 September 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1991	Brenham, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1991	Logansport, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1991	Ankenes, NO	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Grantsburg, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Rantoul, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Kropotkin, RU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Cuero, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Hinckley, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Youyang, CN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Tustervatnet II, NO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Mt Gilead Lakes Prk, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Wolf Canyon, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Dime Box, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Sealy, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1991	Glenview NAS, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	43 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1991. 1991 had 782 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 1991-09-03: 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 20	520
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2