Weather Records on 2 August 1969

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1969. Highest significance: Wisley, GB.

Key Facts for 2 August 1969

On 2 August 1969, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 374 daily.
Wisley set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 2 August 1969.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 2 August 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Areal (Granja Gabi)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua 4 N Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen-Fredriksberg	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Negra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhopal	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bajkit	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lysva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timberville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 2 August 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1969 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1969

Top 20 records on 2 August 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1969	Wisley, GB	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1969	Dillon, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Natoma, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Ellis, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Sodus 1W, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Areal (Granja Gabi), BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Khurai, IN	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Tamaqua 4 N Dam, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Embrun, FR	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Bilaspur, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Santa Rosalia (Dge), MX	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Brownsville, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Deseret, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Jonkoping, SE	monthly high max	30.5 C (86.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1969	Poonampet, IN	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	37 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1969. 1969 had 395 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 10	237
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2