Weather Records on 7 September 2002

1,169 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 2002. Highest significance: Snake Rvr, US.

Key Facts for 7 September 2002

On 7 September 2002, 1,169 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
706 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,121 daily.
Snake Rvr set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 7 September 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,169 stations

1,169 station records on 7 September 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Oslo Blindern	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Green River Aviation	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Paulowna	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galata 16 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Qaqortoq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Overton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vladislavovka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Intercontinental AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harb	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maridalsoset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nordstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seychelles Internat	Seychelles	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Esperanza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dingle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,169 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 299, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 407, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 291.

Records on 7 September 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	299
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	407
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 2002 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 44, daily 1,121.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

825 broken records

Margins by which the 825 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 185.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 2002

Top 20 records on 7 September 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 2002	Snake Rvr, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2002	Oslo Blindern, NO	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2002	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2002	Bluff, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 September 2002	Beaver Creek, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Grace, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Jerecuaro, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Wharton, US	daily rain	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Jackson, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Inverness, GB	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Green River Aviation, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Carapan, MX	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Anna Paulowna, NL	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Trinidad, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 2002	Swan Valley, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	47 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

1802 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 1,169 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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Data for records on 2002-09-07: 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 25	801
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1