Weather Records on 2 July 1952

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1952. Highest significance: Cooperstown, US.

Key Facts for 2 July 1952

On 2 July 1952, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
184 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 360 daily.
Cooperstown set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 2 July 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 2 July 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 85.

Records on 2 July 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1952 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 27, daily 360.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1952

Top 20 records on 2 July 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1952	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Jayamkondam, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Aachen, DE	daily high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Little Falls 2NNE, US	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Kurseong, IN	daily rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Milan, IT	daily high min	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	169 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Mayville, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Roldal, NO	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Bulken, NO	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Maddock, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Weissenburg, DE	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1952	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	47 years	36 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 391 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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Data for records on 1952-07-02: 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	251
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1