Weather Records on 2 July 1939

191 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1939. Highest significance: Clayoquot, CA.

Key Facts for 2 July 1939

On 2 July 1939, 191 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 185 daily.
Clayoquot set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 2 July 1939.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

191 stations

191 station records on 2 July 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwandi	India	Record daily precipitation	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rye Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

191 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 2 July 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 185.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

164 broken records

Margins by which the 164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1939

Top 20 records on 2 July 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1939	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1939	Coorabulka, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1939	Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1939	Carandotta Station, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1939	Cadelga, AU	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1939	Attarikhat, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1939	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1939	Thana, IN	daily rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1939	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Bowdle, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Esperance Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Arltunga, AU	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Boyatup, AU	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Larned, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Kalyan, IN	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Storlien, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Eubank, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Roha, IN	daily rain	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1939	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 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

1793 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 191 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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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	141
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1