Weather Records on 1 September 2002

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 2002. Highest significance: Snow Hill 4 N, US.

Key Facts for 1 September 2002

On 1 September 2002, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 80 monthly and 694 daily.
Snow Hill 4 N set an all-time record daily precipitation of 363.5 mm (14.3 in) on 1 September 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 1 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	363.5 mm (14.3 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Burlington Fire STN #5	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nadym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Oak 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minigin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Gonzalez Villarreal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalcazar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chengshantou	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sejmchan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheatham L&D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karragullen North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lewes	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huade	China	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 1 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 80, daily 694.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

564 broken records

Margins by which the 564 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 2002

Top 20 records on 1 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 2002	Snow Hill 4 N, US	all-time rain	363.5 mm (14.3 in)	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	49 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 September 2002	Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP, US	all-time rain	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	74 of 100 (Major)
1 September 2002	Burlington Fire STN #5, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Salisbury, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Nadym, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Concord, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Royal Oak 2 SSW, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Siler City 2 N, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Keflavik, IS	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Randleman, US	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Minigin, AU	monthly rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Albemarle, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Bayboro 3 SW, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Port Jervis, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Carapan, MX	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 2002	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	42 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2002. 2002 had 778 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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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	538
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1