Weather Records on 2 July 1976

718 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1976. Highest significance: Pratt 3NW, US.

Key Facts for 2 July 1976

On 2 July 1976, 718 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 689 daily.
Pratt 3NW set a daily record precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 2 July 1976.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

718 stations

718 station records on 2 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Do Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orlandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Renfrow 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Pirai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Varadouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Black Springs (Swatchfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Araraquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carmo Do Paranaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visconde de Maua (Esc.Agrot)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dona Catarina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cesario Lange	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Helvecia (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Foraker	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Ester	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

718 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 321.

Records on 2 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 24, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1976

Top 20 records on 2 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1976	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Ponte Do Souza, BR	monthly rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Philip AP, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Augusta, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Independence, US	all-time rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Oxford, GB	daily high max	33.4 C (92.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	149 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Orlandia, BR	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Galway, IE	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Renfrow 1 E, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Nazare Paulista, BR	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Jefferson 3SE, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Paris, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Barra Do Pirai, BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Opheim 12 SSE, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Burnet, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Varadouro, BR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1976	Wellington, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 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

1793 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 718 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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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	452
10 to 20	81
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2