Weather Records on 2 July 1940

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1940. Highest significance: Warren 2 ENE, US.

Key Facts for 2 July 1940

On 2 July 1940, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 273 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 410 daily.
Warren 2 ENE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 162.1 mm (6.4 in) on 2 July 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 2 July 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 2 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1940

Top 20 records on 2 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1940	Warren 2 ENE, US	monthly rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1940	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Fulton, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Ness City, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Camden 1, US	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	State UNIV, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Sturt Meadows, AU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Arkalgud, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Manoharpur, IN	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Grenada, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1940	Lovell, US	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1940	Vidisha, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1940	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1940	Malung, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1940	Sterling, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1940	Goilkera, IN	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1940	Portland, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	30 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 436 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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Data for records on 1940-07-02: 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	292
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1