Weather Records on 2 August 1963

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1963. Highest significance: Graterford, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 1963

On 2 August 1963, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 305 daily.
Graterford set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 2 August 1963.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 2 August 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Graterford	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Surpura (Nokha)	India	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitram	India	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 2 August 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

238 broken records

Margins by which the 238 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1963

Top 20 records on 2 August 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1963	Graterford, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR	monthly rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	San German 4 W, PR	monthly rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Aguirre, PR	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	St Hyacinthe, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Natural Brg, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1963	Manamathurai, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1963	Stoughton Wwtp, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1963	Cambridge, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1963	Holtwood, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1963	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1963	Kirov, RU	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	68 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 August 1963	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1963. 1963 had 314 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	212
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1