Weather Records on 4 September 2026

1,222 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 2026. Highest significance: Otaru, JP.

Key Facts for 4 September 2026

On 4 September 2026, 1,222 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
780 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 143 monthly and 1,062 daily.
Otaru set an all-time record daily precipitation of 255.5 mm (10.1 in) on 4 September 2026 (provisional).
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,222 stations

1,222 station records on 4 September 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Otaru	Japan	Record daily precipitation	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Osaka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	305.5 mm (12.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sorve	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Jelgava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	390.5 mm (15.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	588.0 mm (23.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	216.0 mm (8.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	185.5 mm (7.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	436.0 mm (17.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	277.0 mm (10.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aluksne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haboro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	256.0 mm (10.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	225.5 mm (8.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Birzai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fukushima Arpt	Japan	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	186.5 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Xuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fushiki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	336.0 mm (13.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natrona Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,222 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 263, Lowest daily maximum 190, Highest daily minimum 517, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 September 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	263
Lowest daily maximum	190
Highest daily minimum	517
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 September 2026 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 143, daily 1,062.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

831 broken records

Margins by which the 831 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 2026

Top 20 records on 4 September 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 2026	Otaru, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	64 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 September 2026	Rezekne, LV	monthly rain (Provisional)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	77 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain (Provisional)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain (Provisional)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	75 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Osaka, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	305.5 mm (12.0 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Klaipeda, LT	daily rain (Provisional)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Sorve, LV	monthly rain (Provisional)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Jelgava, LV	monthly rain (Provisional)	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Kaunas, LT	daily rain (Provisional)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Elliot, ZA	daily rain (Provisional)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain (Provisional)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Gifu, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	390.5 mm (15.4 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	0 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Irako, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	588.0 mm (23.1 in)	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	0 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Manistee 3SE, US	monthly rain (Provisional)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Tanegashima, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	216.0 mm (8.5 in)	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Volta Ph, US	daily rain (Provisional)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Omu, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	185.5 mm (7.3 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Nenana Muni AP, US	daily rain (Provisional)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Irozaki, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	436.0 mm (17.2 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2026	Eldon, US	all-time high min (Provisional)	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	128 years	63 of 100 (Major)

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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2026. 2026 had 1,222 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 2026-09-04: 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	767
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	2