Weather Records on 2 August 1974

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1974. Highest significance: Acude Riachao, BR.

Key Facts for 2 August 1974

On 2 August 1974, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 501 daily.
Acude Riachao set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.2 mm (1.4 in) on 2 August 1974.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

513 stations

513 station records on 2 August 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Acude Riachao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cascavel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tommot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berezovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pikapene Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shu'j	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 August 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 August 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 914.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1974

Top 20 records on 2 August 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1974	Acude Riachao, BR	monthly rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1974	Huntsville, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	El Morro Natl Mon, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Monte Santo, BR	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Solon Springs, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Jaguaruana, BR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Pericos, MX	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Gull Lake Dam, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Cascavel, BR	monthly rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Tommot, RU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Tucson WFO, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Brazos, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Coupeville 1 S, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Aracati, BR	monthly rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Chattanooga, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Berezovo, RU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Harrisburg Capital City AP, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1974	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1974. 1974 had 513 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 200	415
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1