Weather Records on 2 July 1926

108 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1926. Highest significance: Moorland (Denro-An), AU.

Key Facts for 2 July 1926

On 2 July 1926, 108 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 103 daily.
Moorland (Denro-An) set a daily record precipitation of 115.1 mm (4.5 in) on 2 July 1926.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

108 stations

108 station records on 2 July 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

108 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 30.

Records on 2 July 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1926 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 103.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

74 broken records

Margins by which the 74 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1926

Top 20 records on 2 July 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1926	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1926	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1926	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Lexington, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Orenburg, RU	monthly low min	4.9 C (40.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Hvar, HR	daily low min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Greenville, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Jakutsk, RU	monthly low min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	6 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Yuma, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Burlington, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1926	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	40 years	16 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 108 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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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 20	66
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1