Weather Records on 4 September 2002

767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 2002. Highest significance: Volciha, RU.

Key Facts for 4 September 2002

On 4 September 2002, 767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
554 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 724 daily.
Volciha set a daily record precipitation of 25.1 mm (1.0 in) on 4 September 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

767 stations

767 station records on 4 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Volciha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yanchi	China	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olinala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tak	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balcon Diablo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Ocotlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernabe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Srednekan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Satenas	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eloy 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chaparaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Ixcuintla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pinos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

767 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 300, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 105.

Records on 4 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	300
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 42, daily 724.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 2002

Top 20 records on 4 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 2002	Volciha, RU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2002	Yanchi, CN	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Palm Springs, US	monthly high min	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Anderson, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Olinala (Smn), MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Tak, TH	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Stamford, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Seward AP, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Marysville, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Glenbrook, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2002	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 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

1802 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 767 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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Data for records on 2002-09-04: 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	516
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1