Weather Records on 2 August 1997

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1997. Highest significance: Mae Sot, TH.

Key Facts for 2 August 1997

On 2 August 1997, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 357 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 760 daily.
Mae Sot set a daily record precipitation of 119.1 mm (4.7 in) on 2 August 1997.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 2 August 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Craiova	Romania	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz de Alaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hilton Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paredes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fletcher 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yadkinville 6 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamlet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allende	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Transou	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pinnacles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Catarina Sur	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Catmis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 259, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 2 August 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	259
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 31, daily 760.

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 71.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1997

Top 20 records on 2 August 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1997	Mae Sot, TH	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Celina, RU	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Aiken 5SE, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Craiova, RO	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Sakon Nakhon, TH	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Turnu Magurele, RO	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Ruston la Tech, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Warrenton, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Covington, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Saluda, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Saltville 1N, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Altotonga, MX	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Nhill, AU	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	Santa Cruz de Alaya, MX	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1997	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	40 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1997. 1997 had 794 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 1997-08-02: 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	543
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1