Weather Records on 2 August 1975

907 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1975. Highest significance: Hermannsburg, AU.

Key Facts for 2 August 1975

On 2 August 1975, 907 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
504 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 36 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 829 daily.
Hermannsburg set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 2 August 1975.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

907 stations

907 station records on 2 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lookeba 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patchogue 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Ephrem	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

907 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 305, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	305
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 36, monthly 42, daily 829.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

698 broken records

Margins by which the 698 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1975

Top 20 records on 2 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1975	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	86 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1975	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1975	Geary, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1975	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Oodnadatta Airport, AU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Cass Lake, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Antigo, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	New Bedford Coop, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Rockport 1 ESE, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Gardiner, US	all-time high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Hanover, US	all-time high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Huntingdon, CA	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Lawrence, US	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Victory Downs, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Lookeba 1 N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Huntingdon, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	all-time high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1975	Lewiston, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	43 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1975. 1975 had 907 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 1975-08-02: 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 10	622
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2