Weather Records on 2 August 1986

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1986. Highest significance: Uricky, KZ.

Key Facts for 2 August 1986

On 2 August 1986, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
359 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 609 daily.
Uricky set a daily record precipitation of 32.2 mm (1.3 in) on 2 August 1986.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

632 stations

632 station records on 2 August 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uricky	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ratcliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Chiflon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fyodorov Sovkhoz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Long Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coyuquilla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Tomas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kartaly	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 245, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 2 August 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	245
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1986 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 609.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1986

Top 20 records on 2 August 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1986	Uricky, KZ	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Podor, SN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Highland Home, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Pascagoula 3 NE, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Blakely, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Oxford, GB	daily low max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	141 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Lake Providence, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Landisville 2 NW, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Verkhneuralsk, RU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Lebanon, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Princeton, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Ionia, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Evergreen, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Ratcliff, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Titusville, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Albany 3 SE, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1986	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1986. 1986 had 632 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1986-08-02: 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	381
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1