Weather Records on 2 September 2018

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 2018. Highest significance: Marengo, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 2018

On 2 September 2018, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 447 daily.
Marengo set a daily record precipitation of 130.6 mm (5.1 in) on 2 September 2018.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 2 September 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hohhot	China	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Qiqihar	China	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haliut	China	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castolon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McHenry Stratton Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balhash	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Persimmon Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hannagan Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shirland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piestany	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soto la Marina (Obs)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 September 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 2018

Top 20 records on 2 September 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 2018	Marengo, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2018	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2018	Hohhot, CN	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2018	Jewell, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Montezuma 1 W, US	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	San Simon, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Stockton 3NNE, US	monthly rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Cawker City, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Newton, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Jhansi, IN	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Carville 2 SW, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Saint Johns, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Puri, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	109 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Hastings, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Qiqihar, CN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Haliut, CN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2018	Freeport Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	46 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2018. 2018 had 473 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2018-09-02: 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	335
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1