Weather Records on 4 September 2016

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 2016. Highest significance: Densmore 2N, US.

Key Facts for 4 September 2016

On 4 September 2016, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 552 daily.
Densmore 2N set an all-time record daily precipitation of 190.8 mm (7.5 in) on 4 September 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 4 September 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jabiru Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gilserberg-Moischeid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Panama City 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Volborg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alsfeld-Eifa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mackenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magic Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acapulco Gro.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	263.9 mm (10.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mizpah 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trident	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spur Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pirlangimpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Studley 9NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stanford	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amderma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 231.

Records on 4 September 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 2016 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 40, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 2016

Top 20 records on 4 September 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 2016	Densmore 2N, US	all-time rain	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	105 years	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 September 2016	Dresden, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2016	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2016	Idjevan, AM	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2016	Boorowa Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2016	Natoma, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2016	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2016	Nevertire (Clyde St), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Jabiru Airport, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Gilserberg-Moischeid, DE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Inga, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Brewster 4W, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Panama City 5N, US	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Volborg, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Berge, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Alsfeld-Eifa, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Hill City 1E, US	all-time rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2016	Ellis, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	49 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 597 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 2016-09-04: 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	456
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2