Weather Records on 2 August 1927

308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1927. Highest significance: Ai-Petri, UA.

Key Facts for 2 August 1927

On 2 August 1927, 308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 293 daily.
Ai-Petri set a daily record precipitation of 30.9 mm (1.2 in) on 2 August 1927.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

308 stations

308 station records on 2 August 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

308 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 63.

Records on 2 August 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1927

Top 20 records on 2 August 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1927	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1927	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1927	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1927	Beito, NO	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1927	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1927	Greeley, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Ashland, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Framingham, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Boulder, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Ulm, DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Manistee 3SE, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Toledo Blade, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1927	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	24 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1927. 1927 had 308 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	206
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1