Weather Records on 1 September 2001

904 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 2001. Highest significance: Danevang 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 1 September 2001

On 1 September 2001, 904 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 245 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 843 daily.
Danevang 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 208.3 mm (8.2 in) on 1 September 2001.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

904 stations

904 station records on 1 September 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Mount Cooper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Polda (Gum View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay (Puntabie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bankhead L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

904 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 September 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 59, daily 843.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

667 broken records

Margins by which the 667 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 167.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 2001

Top 20 records on 1 September 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 2001	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	167.7 mm (6.6 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2001	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2001	Edinburg, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2001	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2001	Kyancutta, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2001	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2001	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2001	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2001	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Leona Vicario, MX	monthly high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Hosston, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Blinman, AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Port Kenny (Mount Cooper), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Prospect, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Polda (Gum View), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Colville, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2001	Ceduna AMO, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	50 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2001. 2001 had 904 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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Data for records on 2001-09-01: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	616
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1