Weather Records on 2 September 2004

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 2004. Highest significance: Temascales, MX.

Key Facts for 2 September 2004

On 2 September 2004, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
261 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 634 daily.
Temascales set an all-time record daily precipitation of 184.9 mm (7.3 in) on 2 September 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 2 September 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Temascales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toropec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Patrocinio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Molino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Prieto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heinola Asemantaus	Finland	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Litke	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valkeala Kouvolankyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puskinskie_Gory	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ozerna	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gdov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Asikkala Pulkkilanharju-1	Finland	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hidalgo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palkane Padankoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ejido Reata	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anjalankoski Sippola Hirvela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xcupil (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamina Onkamaa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Vega	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kemchug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 168.

Records on 2 September 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 2004 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 40, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 2004

Top 20 records on 2 September 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 2004	Temascales, MX	all-time rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	58 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 September 2004	Beatrice Hill, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	119 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2004	Narva, EE	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2004	Corpus Christi NAS, US	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2004	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Middle Point, AU	monthly rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Ocampo, MX	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Toropec, RU	monthly rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Tilden 4 SSE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Patrocinio, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	El Molino, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Nikolaevskoe, RU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Covington, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Anahuac, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Mineral-Nye-Vody, RU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Dalatangi, IS	daily rain	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Cerro Prieto, MX	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2004	Valencia, ES	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	46 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2004. 2004 had 679 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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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	444
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1