Weather Records on 2 August 1972

620 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1972. Highest significance: Independence #1, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 1972

On 2 August 1972, 620 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 594 daily.
Independence #1 set a daily record precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 2 August 1972.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

620 stations

620 station records on 2 August 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Severnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anamosa 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Jaffa (Jaffa Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cotegipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cowaramup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Tome	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
South Solitary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Janesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

620 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 138, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	138
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1972

Top 20 records on 2 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1972	Independence #1, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	86 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1972	Casper 2 E, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1972	Galena, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Sredny Vasjugan, RU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Vinton, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Severnoe, RU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Hoofddorp, NL	all-time rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Belleville, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Grass Range, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Coulta, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Anamosa 1 WNW, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Port Hope, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Dubuque L&D 11, US	all-time rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Saint Johns, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Hobson, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1972	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	13.2 C (55.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	98 years	41 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1972. 1972 had 620 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 1972-08-02: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 August 1972
Margin	Records
0 to 10	436
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4