Weather Records on 4 September 2011

1,310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 2011. Highest significance: Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE.

Key Facts for 4 September 2011

On 4 September 2011, 1,310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
824 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 100 monthly and 1,207 daily.
Bernburg/Saale (Nord) set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 4 September 2011.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,310 stations

1,310 station records on 4 September 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coden	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Schmalkalden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rena - Haugedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minami Tori Shima Ma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heggeriset - Nordstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Esso	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceburg Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mehringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harry L Englebright Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sore Brekkom	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Esler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Duquesa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tupelo Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akrestrommen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Venabu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mosstrand II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grebbestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elverum - Fagertun	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,310 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 364, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 460, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 316.

Records on 4 September 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	364
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	460
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 2011 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 100, daily 1,207.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

924 broken records

Margins by which the 924 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 2011

Top 20 records on 4 September 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 2011	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2011	Artern, DE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2011	Stiege, DE	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2011	Pascagoula 3 NE, US	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2011	Purvis 2N, US	monthly rain	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2011	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2011	Leesville, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2011	Himeji, JP	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2011	Biedenkopf, DE	monthly rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Malmagen, SE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Harzgerode, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Waltershausen, DE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Coden, US	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Ljungdalen, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Schmalkalden, DE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Quedlinburg, DE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Rena - Haugedalen, NO	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Minami Tori Shima Ma, JP	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Heggeriset - Nordstrand, NO	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2011	Ljusnedal, SE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 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

1802 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2011. 2011 had 1,310 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 2011-09-04: 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	847
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2