Weather Records on 2 July 1951

309 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1951. Highest significance: Bhagalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 2 July 1951

On 2 July 1951, 309 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 291 daily.
Bhagalpur set a daily record precipitation of 160.0 mm (6.3 in) on 2 July 1951.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

309 stations

309 station records on 2 July 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	278.9 mm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Badausa	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	467.1 mm (18.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fryburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	467.1 mm (18.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

309 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 139.

Records on 2 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

243 broken records

Margins by which the 243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 185.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1951

Top 20 records on 2 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1951	Bhagalpur, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Mahendraganj, IN	daily rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Paraiyahat, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Lalitpur, IN	monthly rain	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Ozark, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Decatur, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Athens, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Mahroni, IN	monthly rain	278.9 mm (11.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Talladega, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Ewing, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1951	Isleworth, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1951	Tura, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1951	Meerut Obsy, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1951	Russellville, US	monthly low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1951	Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1951	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1951	Stamford 1, US	monthly rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	32 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 309 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	214
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1