Weather Records on 2 September 1979

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 1979. Highest significance: Orebro, SE.

Key Facts for 2 September 1979

On 2 September 1979, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 607 daily.
Orebro set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.7 mm (2.8 in) on 2 September 1979.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 2 September 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arzamas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndevad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eskilstuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penticton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lanna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Byhalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ojared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alingsas_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ofahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uplo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Sepe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atar	Mauritania	Record low minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Cygne 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Nova Niagara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 364.

Records on 2 September 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 607.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 1979

Top 20 records on 2 September 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 1979	Orebro, SE	monthly rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	114 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 September 1979	Lake City 2 SE, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Reedsport, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Arzamas, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Hyndevad, SE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Eskilstuna, SE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Kilagarden, SE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Stilwell, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Penticton A, CA	monthly rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Eden (Pirajibu), BR	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Liberty, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Lanna, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Byhalia, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Ojared, SE	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Ukiah, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Coloso, PR	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Alingsas_D, SE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Ofahoma, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 1979	Ocotlan de Morelos, MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	43 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1979. 1979 had 647 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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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	496
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2