Weather Records on 2 July 1996

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1996. Highest significance: Guiyang, CN.

Key Facts for 2 July 1996

On 2 July 1996, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
397 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 699 daily.
Guiyang set an all-time record daily precipitation of 197.3 mm (7.8 in) on 2 July 1996.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 2 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	197.3 mm (7.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Jal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tecoman (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Felix Gomez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quetzala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casimiro Castillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Camalote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Illahe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Invercargill Airpor	New Zealand	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alikdjer	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Sabaneta	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Obregon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandhill Rsch - Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loreto	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honokohua 493	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boise Air Terminal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Etla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peto (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nassau Airport New	Bahamas, The	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Citrus STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 2 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	126
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 25, daily 699.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1996

Top 20 records on 2 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1996	Guiyang, CN	all-time rain	197.3 mm (7.8 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1996	Jal, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1996	Tecoman (Dge), MX	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Union, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Opihihale #2 24.1, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Felix Gomez, MX	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Quetzala, MX	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Samaria, MX	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Casimiro Castillo, MX	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	El Camalote, MX	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Quartzsite, US	daily high min	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Illahe, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Paraiso, MX	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Richland, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Deseret, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Logan, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Beja, RU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily low max	25.3 C (77.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	90 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1996	Hartwell, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 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

1793 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 728 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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Data for records on 1996-07-02: 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 20	442
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1