Weather Records on 2 August 1952

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1952. Highest significance: Aberdeen Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 1952

On 2 August 1952, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 258 daily.
Aberdeen Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 2 August 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

268 stations

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

Weather records on 2 August 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tabooba Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanora	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Grange	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pondilafa	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khunti	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pasan	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jacks Creek 2 Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	185.2 mm (7.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 2 August 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1952

Top 20 records on 2 August 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1952	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1952	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Tabooba Junction, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Dhanora, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Mt Brisbane, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	The Grange, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Fall River, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Pondilafa, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Morden, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Greeley, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Beito, NO	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1952	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1952	Wollar (Barrigan St), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1952	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1952	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1952	Saltspring Island, CA	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 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

1812 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1952. 1952 had 268 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 1952-08-02: 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	190
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1