Weather Records on 2 September 2020

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 2020. Highest significance: Mena, US.

Key Facts for 2 September 2020

On 2 September 2020, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
518 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 99 monthly and 598 daily.
Mena set a daily record precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 2 September 2020.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 2 September 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Blanco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	66 of 100 (Major)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dyersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Proctor Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pago Pago WSO AP	American Samoa [United States]	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parks 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bremond	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pisgah Forest 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aasufou	American Samoa [United States]	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frisco	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lipan 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 387, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 2 September 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	387
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 2020 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 99, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 2020

Top 20 records on 2 September 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 2020	Mena, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	97 years	77 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2020	Ardmore, US	monthly rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	101 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2020	Blanco, US	all-time high min	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	123 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2020	Zinder, NE	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2020	Dyersburg, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2020	Proctor Rsvr, US	monthly rain	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2020	Vishakhapatnam, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2020	Corsicana, US	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Marietta 5SW, US	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Hardy, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Athens, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	114 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Denton 2 SE, US	monthly rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Mineola, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Mtn View, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2020	Alexandria, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 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

1797 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2020. 2020 had 701 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 2020-09-02: 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	438
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1