Weather Records on 2 August 1940

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1940. Highest significance: Chhota-Udepur, IN.

Key Facts for 2 August 1940

On 2 August 1940, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 232 daily.
Chhota-Udepur set a daily record precipitation of 144.8 mm (5.7 in) on 2 August 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

237 stations

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

Weather records on 2 August 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chhota-Udepur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pisangan	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parbatsar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Didwana	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmasala	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Murgab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 89.

Records on 2 August 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 232.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1940

Top 20 records on 2 August 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1940	Chhota-Udepur, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1940	Coldwater, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1940	Tiruppathur, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1940	Karanjia, IN	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1940	Hosur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Ratlam, IN	daily rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Louisville, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Bathurst, CA	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	25.3 C (77.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Raiford State Prison, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Dantan, IN	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	St John's, CA	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Lake Cochituate, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Pisangan, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	Parbatsar, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1940	St Georges, CA	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	37 years	24 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1940. 1940 had 237 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	122
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2