Weather Records on 2 August 1948

455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1948. Highest significance: Kulasekarapatnam, IN.

Key Facts for 2 August 1948

On 2 August 1948, 455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 430 daily.
Kulasekarapatnam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 2 August 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

455 stations

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

Weather records on 2 August 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchendur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cochise 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

455 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 262.

Records on 2 August 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1948

Top 20 records on 2 August 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1948	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1948	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Channapatana, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Tura, IN	daily rain	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Dindigul, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Thammampatty, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Heggaddevankote, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Challakire, IN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Mahendraganj, IN	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Paramakudi, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Tiruppur, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Bassawan, IN	daily rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Kirnur Nam, IN	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1948	Virudhunagar, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1948. 1948 had 455 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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Data for records on 1948-08-02: 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	290
20 to 40	65
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1