Weather Records on 2 July 1987

791 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1987. Highest significance: Salgado, BR.

Key Facts for 2 July 1987

On 2 July 1987, 791 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
328 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 744 daily.
Salgado set a monthly record daily precipitation of 120.0 mm (4.7 in) on 2 July 1987.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

791 stations

791 station records on 2 July 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yadkinville 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balkasino	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nigniy_Studeniy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Belem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charles Mill Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biala (Alvison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galion Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

791 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 246, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 274.

Records on 2 July 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	246
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1987 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 44, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

606 broken records

Margins by which the 606 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1987

Top 20 records on 2 July 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1987	Salgado, BR	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Linesville 1 S, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Marion 2 N, US	monthly rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Greenfield, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Presa Colorines (Cfe), MX	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Yadkinville 6 E, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Piqua, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Balkasino, KZ	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Nigniy_Studeniy, UA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Emory, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Fazenda Belem, BR	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Kustanai, KZ	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Greenville Wtp, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Ashland 2 SW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Charles Mill Lake, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Watersmeet, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1987	Jemez Springs, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 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

1793 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1987. 1987 had 791 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 20	553
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1