Weather Records on 2 August 1950

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1950. Highest significance: Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU.

Key Facts for 2 August 1950

On 2 August 1950, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 219 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 499 daily.
Glenthompson (Brie Brie) set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 2 August 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

504 stations

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

Weather records on 2 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rajahmundry	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belathal	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	272.5 mm (10.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khair	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 2 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 2, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1950

Top 20 records on 2 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1950	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1950	Suri, IN	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Fort Simpson, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Socorro, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Lake Bolac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Rajahmundry, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Belathal, IN	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Satna, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Rae Bareli, IN	all-time rain	272.5 mm (10.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Elmhurst, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Ludhiana, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Kingston, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Panna, IN	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Chunar, IN	daily rain	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Estancia 4N, US	all-time rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Jalalabad, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Ludhiana, IN	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Waurika, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1950	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	63 years	35 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1950. 1950 had 504 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).