Weather Records on 2 August 1929

210 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1929. Highest significance: Toledo 3N, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 1929

On 2 August 1929, 210 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 197 daily.
Toledo 3N set an all-time record daily precipitation of 212.1 mm (8.4 in) on 2 August 1929.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

210 stations

210 station records on 2 August 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

210 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 42.

Records on 2 August 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

146 broken records

Margins by which the 146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1929

Top 20 records on 2 August 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1929	Toledo 3N, US	all-time rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1929	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1929	Marshalltown, US	monthly rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1929	Belle Plaine, US	all-time rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1929	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1929	Las Animas, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1929	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Independence, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Waverly, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Hebron, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Crete 4ESE, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Fayette, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Hernando, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Minden, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1929	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1929. 1929 had 210 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 20	130
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1