Weather Records on 2 August 1923

128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1923. Highest significance: Alton, CA.

Key Facts for 2 August 1923

On 2 August 1923, 128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 128 daily.
Alton set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 2 August 1923.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

128 stations

128 station records on 2 August 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

128 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 45.

Records on 2 August 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

106 broken records

Margins by which the 106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1923

Top 20 records on 2 August 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1923	Alton, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1923	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Saint John, CA	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Baton Rouge, US	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Beeac (Eurack), AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Kew, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Banff, CA	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Willow City, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1923	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 years	17 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1923. 1923 had 128 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	91
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1