Weather Records on 2 September 2016

621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 2016. Highest significance: Pahoa 65, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 2016

On 2 September 2016, 621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 582 daily.
Pahoa 65 set a daily record precipitation of 116.6 mm (4.6 in) on 2 September 2016.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

621 stations

621 station records on 2 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Coober Pedy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	264.9 mm (10.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeranie (Kalamurina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whynot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Purlewaugh (Byfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bedourie Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wave Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta Bush Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Rvr McAf	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sorocinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Roscommon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ocracoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Astara	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glengyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley(Keigho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bearbung (Aller)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Visitors Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

621 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 280.

Records on 2 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 2016

Top 20 records on 2 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 2016	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 September 2016	Birdsville Police Station, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	105 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Valdosta 2 S, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	108 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Coober Pedy, AU	monthly rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Orangeburg 2, US	daily rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Quambone Station, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Canberra Forestry, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	105 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Florence Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2016	Oodnadatta Airport, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2016	Pasighat, IN	monthly rain	264.9 mm (10.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2016	Monticello 5 SE, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2016	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2016	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2016	Binnaway (Wattle St), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2016	Mungeranie (Kalamurina), AU	monthly rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2016	Whynot Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2016	Cairo 1SW, US	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	15 years	53 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2016. 2016 had 621 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 2016-09-02: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	436
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1