Weather Records on 3 September 2009

801 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 2009. Highest significance: Inverness, GB.

Key Facts for 3 September 2009

On 3 September 2009, 801 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 742 daily.
Inverness set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 3 September 2009.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

801 stations

801 station records on 3 September 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inverness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tesia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	359.7 mm (14.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Fuerte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mexticacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vigmostad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Penicuik	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cadereyta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Flor	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow/Amausi	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Mezquital	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Estribo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okeechobee	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hemse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gildford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Agustin Metziquititlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Gregorio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acatlan de Osorio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hejnum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batamaj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cocoraque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sangary	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

801 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 199.

Records on 3 September 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 2009 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 55, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 2009

Top 20 records on 3 September 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 2009	Inverness, GB	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Rosalia, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Tesia, MX	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Leon (Dge), MX	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Khlong Yai, TH	monthly rain	359.7 mm (14.2 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Adjuntas, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Tepelmeme de Morelos, MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Craibstone, GB	monthly rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Farmerville, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Anaconda, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Montelimar, FR	monthly high min	21.9 C (71.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	El Fuerte, MX	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Hardy, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Hohenwald, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Mexticacan, MX	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Vigmostad, NO	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Sosnovka, RU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2009	Tuxcueca, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	40 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2009. 2009 had 801 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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Data for records on 2009-09-03: 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	535
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1