Weather Records on 2 September 2003

1,310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 2003. Highest significance: Elatma, RU.

Key Facts for 2 September 2003

On 2 September 2003, 1,310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
429 were record highs and 534 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 1,222 daily.
Elatma set a daily record precipitation of 35.9 mm (1.4 in) on 2 September 2003.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,310 stations

1,310 station records on 2 September 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cernigov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shors	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Hill 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Birzai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chornobyl	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bernheim Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe Mound City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glukhov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendale 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Equinunk 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yekimtsevo (Kologriv)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,310 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 322, Highest daily minimum 268, Lowest daily minimum 212, Heaviest daily rainfall 347.

Records on 2 September 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	322
Highest daily minimum	268
Lowest daily minimum	212
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 2003 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 84, daily 1,222.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,029 broken records

Margins by which the 1,029 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 2003

Top 20 records on 2 September 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 2003	Elatma, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	109 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2003	Port Sudan, SD	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2003	Montpelier, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2003	Moroleon, MX	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2003	Chemung, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2003	Elmira, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2003	Durant, US	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2003	Greene, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Lindley 2N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	105 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Dundee 2NE, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Williamstown, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Greensburg, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Terra Alta #1, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Rio Piedras Exp STN, PR	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Mansfield, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Beverly Stp, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Fredericktown, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2003	Cernigov, UA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2003. 2003 had 1,310 records.

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

Records on 09-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	1
1802	1
1808	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1886	5
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	8
1899	10
1900	3
1901	4
1902	5
1903	13
1904	6
1905	14
1906	25
1907	11
1908	58
1909	35
1910	13
1911	82
1912	37
1913	37
1914	16
1915	38
1916	26
1917	20
1918	31
1919	17
1920	39
1921	85
1922	46
1923	75
1924	212
1925	147
1926	215
1927	71
1928	203
1929	322
1930	194
1931	305
1932	473
1933	427
1934	537
1935	602
1936	391
1937	905
1938	376
1939	439
1940	224
1941	467
1942	389
1943	336
1944	353
1945	392
1946	635
1947	1,147
1948	431
1949	563
1950	745
1951	515
1952	698
1953	1,153
1954	721
1955	501
1956	440
1957	385
1958	348
1959	534
1960	448
1961	839
1962	318
1963	272
1964	679
1965	440
1966	362
1967	1,213
1968	493
1969	465
1970	553
1971	521
1972	743
1973	1,148
1974	1,294
1975	519
1976	835
1977	589
1978	484
1979	647
1980	697
1981	521
1982	672
1983	1,076
1984	598
1985	714
1986	860
1987	915
1988	1,284
1989	659
1990	675
1991	807
1992	1,117
1993	1,405
1994	1,291
1995	1,143
1996	604
1997	1,547
1998	1,263
1999	912
2000	1,931
2001	981
2002	805
2003	1,310
2004	679
2005	623
2006	1,238
2007	1,086
2008	1,229
2009	706
2010	1,081
2011	1,265
2012	885
2013	717
2014	650
2015	661
2016	621
2017	1,047
2018	473
2019	789
2020	701
2021	742
2022	991
2023	707
2024	923
2025	431
2026	866

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Data for records on 2003-09-02: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 September 2003
Margin	Records
0 to 20	935
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2