Weather Records on 2 September 1963

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1963. Highest significance: Shillong, IN.

Key Facts for 2 September 1963

On 2 September 1963, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 263 daily.
Shillong set a daily record precipitation of 136.8 mm (5.4 in) on 2 September 1963.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 2 September 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manikpur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Matiwa (B0S)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Padampur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 130.

Records on 2 September 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1963

Top 20 records on 2 September 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1963	Shillong, IN	daily rain	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 September 1963	Manikpur, IN	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Bowman, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Chamberlain, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Rio Grande (Smn), MX	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Kingman, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Heron 2 NW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Mahabalipuram Obsy, IN	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Burrwood Wb, US	monthly high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1963	Peraiyur, IN	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Entabeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Bikin, RU	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Greensburg, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Hyannis, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Etawah, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Eureka, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Juneau Dwtn, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Shahjahanpur, IN	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 September 1963	Fairmont, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1963. 1963 had 272 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 1963-09-02: 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	191
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1