Weather Records on 2 July 1948

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1948. Highest significance: Spicer, US.

Key Facts for 2 July 1948

On 2 July 1948, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 277 daily.
Spicer set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 2 July 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 2 July 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berasia	India	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regatta Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ubajara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Patamute	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mikhailovka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 July 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 July 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1948

Top 20 records on 2 July 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1948	Spicer, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1948	Pembina, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1948	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1948	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1948	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1948	Loukahi, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1948	Bologna, IT	daily low min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1948	Weissenburg, DE	monthly low max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Biscuit Flat (Woolmit), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Berasia, IN	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Regatta Point, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1948	Lindsay, CA	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	62 years	25 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 283 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 25	205
25 to 50	4
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1