Weather Records on 2 August 1926

200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1926. Highest significance: Hamilton, CA.

Key Facts for 2 August 1926

On 2 August 1926, 200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 197 daily.
Hamilton set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 2 August 1926.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

200 stations

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

Weather records on 2 August 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

200 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 51.

Records on 2 August 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1926

Top 20 records on 2 August 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1926	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1926	Kazan, RU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1926	Yuma Wb City, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1926	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1926	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1926	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Stratford, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Somerset Main Street, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Washington, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Toronto Deer Park, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Dalby Post Office, AU	monthly high min	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1926	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1926. 1926 had 200 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 10	113
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2