Weather Records on 2 August 1932

334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1932. Highest significance: Richmond, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 1932

On 2 August 1932, 334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 320 daily.
Richmond set an all-time record daily precipitation of 156.7 mm (6.2 in) on 2 August 1932.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

334 stations

334 station records on 2 August 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfergus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siwana	India	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nethercote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jasol	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

334 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 2 August 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1932 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1932

Top 20 records on 2 August 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1932	Richmond, US	all-time rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1932	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	all-time rain	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1932	Butlerville 2 WNW, US	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Halden, NO	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Glenfergus, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Islampur, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Shirala, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Jodhpur, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Jaunpur, IN	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Kalna, IN	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Panchgani, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Karad, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Williamson, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Sangli, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Mariahu, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1932	Berea College, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1932. 1932 had 334 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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Data for records on 1932-08-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	207
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1