Weather Records on 2 August 1936

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1936. Highest significance: Caiwarro, AU.

Key Facts for 2 August 1936

On 2 August 1936, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 374 daily.
Caiwarro set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 2 August 1936.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 2 August 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	232.2 mm (9.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parragundy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 86.

Records on 2 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1936

Top 20 records on 2 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1936	Caiwarro, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Umea, SE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Lila Lower, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Verhojansk, RU	monthly rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Monticello, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Safipur, IN	monthly rain	232.2 mm (9.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Pitea, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1936	Kursk, RU	all-time high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Mandla, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	monthly high min	21.5 C (70.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Aloograda, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Olands Norra Udde, SE	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Boerne, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Orenburg, RU	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1936	Bosque del Apache, US	monthly high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	26 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1936. 1936 had 391 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	275
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2