Weather Records on 2 September 2024

923 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 September 2024. Highest significance: Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU.

Key Facts for 2 September 2024

On 2 September 2024, 923 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
699 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 858 daily.
Hobart Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 2 September 2024.
Across 167 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

923 stations

923 station records on 2 September 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 September 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Usak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marrawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heino_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heino	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hersdorf-Weissenseifen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
King Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rheezerveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (the Boulevards)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hellendoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arcen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa Old Tier Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Borculo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logrono-Agoncillo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

923 records

Records set or tied on 2 September 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 313, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 386, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 2 September 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	313
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	386
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 September 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 64, daily 858.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

773 broken records

Margins by which the 773 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 September 2024

Top 20 records on 2 September 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 September 2024	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2024	Usak, TR	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2024	Cotulla la Salle Co AP, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2024	Lenoir, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	150 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2024	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2024	Marrawah, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 September 2024	City of Melbourne Bay, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	116 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Geldern-Walbeck, DE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Heino_1, NL	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Gail, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Heino, NL	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Osterley, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Hersdorf-Weissenseifen, DE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Midland Odessa, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	King Island Airport, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 September 2024	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	115 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

1797 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2024. 2024 had 923 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	751
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1