Weather Records on 2 August 1949

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1949. Highest significance: Solomons, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 1949

On 2 August 1949, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 342 daily.
Solomons set a daily record precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 2 August 1949.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 2 August 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mandvi	India	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ankleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Navanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldine 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itapage	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 2 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1949

Top 20 records on 2 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1949	Solomons, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Nalia, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Mandvi, IN	daily rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Thomasville, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Eufaula, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Boras, SE	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Tamar, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Ramgarh, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Nagaur (Nagore ), IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Salisbury, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1949	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1949	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1949	Geilo, NO	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1949	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1949	Malung, SE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1949	Ankleshwar, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1949	Yeotmal, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	31 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1949. 1949 had 355 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 1949-08-02: 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	231
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1