Weather Records on 10 September 2002

1,298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 2002. Highest significance: Fort Beaufort, ZA.

Key Facts for 10 September 2002

On 10 September 2002, 1,298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
811 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 1,217 daily.
Fort Beaufort set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 10 September 2002.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

1,298 stations

1,298 station records on 10 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Antero Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ramon 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alcalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lathen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guffey 10 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vatterode-Grafenstuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Contla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wupatki Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,298 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 515, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 296, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 337.

Records on 10 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	515
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	296
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 78, daily 1,217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

969 broken records

Margins by which the 969 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 2002

Top 20 records on 10 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 2002	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
10 September 2002	Gossweinstein, DE	all-time rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	69 of 100 (Major)
10 September 2002	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 September 2002	Tres Piedras, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 September 2002	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 September 2002	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 September 2002	Sharon Springs, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Halle, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Hugoton, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Luna Rs, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Winona, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Rahden-Varl, DE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	El Morro Natl Mon, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Antero Rsvr, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Ramon 8 SW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 2002	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	96 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

1812 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2002. 2002 had 1,298 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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 2026-10-16 (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 10	843
10 to 20	72
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1