Weather Records on 2 September 2023

707 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 2023. Highest significance: Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES.

Key Facts for 2 September 2023

On 2 September 2023, 707 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 661 daily.
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr set a daily record precipitation of 105.8 mm (4.2 in) on 2 September 2023.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

707 stations

707 station records on 2 September 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Desert Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Encarnacion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Madrid/Cuatrovientos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Overton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Meridian Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Madrid/Getafe	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kapingamarangi	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pamplona (Observatorio)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bunkerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Fire Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Sum	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kokemaki Peipohja Hyrkola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Verkin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pjalica	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro Naf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Barajas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marby_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skikda	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trinity Rvr Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Obs.	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tulcea	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Susuman	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chelan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baytown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusamo Kiutakongas	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

707 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 2 September 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 44, daily 661.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 2023

Top 20 records on 2 September 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 2023	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 September 2023	Desert Nwr, US	all-time rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2023	Encarnacion, PY	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2023	Eureka, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2023	Madrid/Cuatrovientos, ES	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2023	Overton, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2023	Meridian Naas, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2023	Madrid/Getafe, ES	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	120 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Kapingamarangi, FM	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Wallace, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Crawford 5 W, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	New Harmony, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Pamplona (Observatorio), ES	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Bunkerville, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Valley of Fire Sp, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	St George, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	122 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Taylor Canyon, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Castellon de la Plana, ES	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2023	Seligman, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	82 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

1797 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2023. 2023 had 707 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 2023-09-02: 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	515
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1