Weather Records on 3 September 2002

605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 2002. Highest significance: Madras/Minambakkam, IN.

Key Facts for 3 September 2002

On 3 September 2002, 605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
385 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 579 daily.
Madras/Minambakkam set a daily record precipitation of 105.9 mm (4.2 in) on 3 September 2002.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

605 stations

605 station records on 3 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Shache	China	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dimas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taiyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lazaro Cardenas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chewelah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Back Bay Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrington 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sofijskij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mexican Hat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel de Lobos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uzur	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gotnja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tamanrasset	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yaquintela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Apazulco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Presidio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

605 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 118.

Records on 3 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 579.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

430 broken records

Margins by which the 430 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 2002

Top 20 records on 3 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 2002	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
3 September 2002	Shache, CN	monthly rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 September 2002	Alencon-Valframbert, FR	all-time rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Dimas, MX	all-time high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Keflavik, IS	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Telchaquillo, MX	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Makaweli 965, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Bolsoy Santar, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Im. Poliny Osipenko, RU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Taiyuan, CN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Mimbres 4NNW, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Carapan, MX	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	161 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Taos, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Cedar Falls Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Las Bayas, MX	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Beloit, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Tantoyuca, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2002	Huixtla, MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	16 years	37 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2002. 2002 had 605 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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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	400
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1