Weather Records on 2 July 1950

312 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1950. Highest significance: Muscatine 2, US.

Key Facts for 2 July 1950

On 2 July 1950, 312 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 302 daily.
Muscatine 2 set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 2 July 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

312 stations

312 station records on 2 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonahatu	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springville Tule Hd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Panaramitee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

312 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 115.

Records on 2 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 302.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

246 broken records

Margins by which the 246 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1950

Top 20 records on 2 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1950	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Susendal, NO	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Purnea, IN	monthly rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Manhattan, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Paramathi, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Elliston, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Iowa City, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Pte de Chassiron, FR	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Lamar, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1950	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Rajmahal, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Hvar, HR	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Centerville, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Henichesk, UA	daily high max	35.9 C (96.6 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Milan, IT	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Bradenton Exp STN, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	daily high max	16.3 C (61.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1950	Sonahatu, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	26 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 312 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 10	213
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1