Weather Records on 2 September 2015

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 2015. Highest significance: Norrsundet, SE.

Key Facts for 2 September 2015

On 2 September 2015, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 596 daily.
Norrsundet set a daily record precipitation of 39.5 mm (1.6 in) on 2 September 2015.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 2 September 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norrsundet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hofors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kindsjon_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borlange	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby_S	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spansberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ostanvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apuka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ludvika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Foldsae	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kvavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Letafors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gotnja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vallnora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ostre Toten - Apelsvoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khmelnytskyi	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 199, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 2 September 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	199
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 64, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

523 broken records

Margins by which the 523 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 2015

Top 20 records on 2 September 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 2015	Norrsundet, SE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2015	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2015	Elliston, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Port Kenny, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Uman, UA	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	121 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Storbron, SE	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Hofors, SE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Kindsjon_D, SE	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Hedal I Valdres II, NO	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Borlange, SE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Norrby_S, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Spansberget, SE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Ockelbo, SE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Ostanvik, SE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Budapest, HU	daily high min	21.9 C (71.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Poltava, UA	monthly high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Madison, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2015	Kenai AP, US	daily low min	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	110 years	47 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2015. 2015 had 661 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	500
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1