Weather Records on 2 August 1921

88 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1921. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 2 August 1921

On 2 August 1921, 88 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 75 daily.
Uccle set a daily record high minimum temperature of 18.9 C (66.0 F) on 2 August 1921.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

88 stations

88 station records on 2 August 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

88 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 17.

Records on 2 August 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1921 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

75 broken records

Margins by which the 75 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1921

Top 20 records on 2 August 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1921	Uccle, BE	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1921	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1921	Tranebjerg, DK	monthly high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Muenster, DE	all-time high max	35.4 C (95.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Bird Rocks, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Plauen, DE	monthly high max	35.7 C (96.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Gundaroo (Bairnsdale), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Bamberg, DE	daily high max	34.6 C (94.3 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Magdeburg, DE	monthly high max	36.5 C (97.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Cottbus, DE	daily high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Arnsberg, DE	monthly high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	45 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Weissenburg, DE	daily high max	33.0 C (91.4 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Waren, DE	monthly high max	33.7 C (92.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1921	Horton, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	21 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

1812 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1921. 1921 had 88 records.

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

Records on 08-02 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1816	2
1828	1
1829	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1863	3
1864	1
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1898	2
1899	6
1900	7
1901	2
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	21
1906	21
1907	22
1908	39
1909	25
1910	15
1911	43
1912	52
1913	22
1914	15
1915	42
1916	53
1917	115
1918	37
1919	21
1920	45
1921	88
1922	39
1923	128
1924	138
1925	175
1926	200
1927	308
1928	262
1929	210
1930	600
1931	320
1932	334
1933	542
1934	458
1935	457
1936	391
1937	389
1938	544
1939	762
1940	237
1941	279
1942	354
1943	528
1944	487
1945	269
1946	377
1947	453
1948	455
1949	355
1950	504
1951	305
1952	268
1953	448
1954	371
1955	788
1956	670
1957	339
1958	360
1959	388
1960	637
1961	538
1962	396
1963	314
1964	949
1965	798
1966	462
1967	234
1968	445
1969	395
1970	439
1971	1,048
1972	620
1973	635
1974	513
1975	907
1976	1,098
1977	569
1978	685
1979	569
1980	822
1981	679
1982	819
1983	718
1984	595
1985	742
1986	632
1987	1,062
1988	1,068
1989	1,087
1990	1,055
1991	798
1992	1,132
1993	954
1994	986
1995	1,333
1996	824
1997	794
1998	1,183
1999	1,205
2000	920
2001	947
2002	1,039
2003	1,277
2004	752
2005	961
2006	1,736
2007	834
2008	888
2009	1,106
2010	1,315
2011	1,310
2012	758
2013	817
2014	813
2015	666
2016	608
2017	938
2018	1,097
2019	471
2020	699
2021	835
2022	861
2023	887
2024	1,337
2025	756
2026	1,130

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	64
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1