Weather Records on 2 August 1970

439 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1970. Highest significance: Heron 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 1970

On 2 August 1970, 439 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 431 daily.
Heron 2 NW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 2 August 1970.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

439 stations

439 station records on 2 August 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Butka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Simojovel (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Turinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Taranagar (Reni)	India	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Stewartstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

439 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 2 August 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 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 1970

Top 20 records on 2 August 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1970	Heron 2 NW, US	all-time rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1970	Chester, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1970	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Butka, RU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Simojovel (Smn), MX	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Fairmont, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Turinsk, RU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Taranagar (Reni), IN	monthly rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Eastport, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Fitzwilliam 2 W, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Browning, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Rexton, CA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Kumbhakonam, IN	daily rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Conconully, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Loup City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Moncton, CA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Sussex, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Rockland, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1970	Woodland, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1970. 1970 had 439 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 1970-08-02: 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	299
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1