Weather Records on 2 August 1965

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1965. Highest significance: Dinapur Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 2 August 1965

On 2 August 1965, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 450 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 778 daily.
Dinapur Sr set an all-time record daily precipitation of 300.0 mm (11.8 in) on 2 August 1965.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

798 stations

798 station records on 2 August 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cresson 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karthaus River	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katoria	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhore(Borch)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 223, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 227, Heaviest daily rainfall 176.

Records on 2 August 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	223
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	227
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1965 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

635 broken records

Margins by which the 635 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1965

Top 20 records on 2 August 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1965	Dinapur Sr, IN	all-time rain	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Salisbury, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Supaul, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Wandiwash, IN	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Alturas, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Newport River, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Ridgetown, CA	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	La Grange 1N, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Marshall, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Laguna, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	North Bay, CA	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Winnsboro 5 SSE, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Parry Sound, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Pialba Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Anadarko 3 E, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Cresson 2 SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1965	Karthaus River, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 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

1812 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1965. 1965 had 798 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 1965-08-02: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	606
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2