Weather Records on 2 August 2001

947 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2001. Highest significance: Ibapah, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 2001

On 2 August 2001, 947 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
481 were record highs and 287 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 884 daily.
Ibapah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 2 August 2001.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

947 stations

947 station records on 2 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Thule Op Site	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Charmany Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goodrich 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tompa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad Chikalth	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Herwen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Bosque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salto de Agua (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rib Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vroomshoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antero Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shenyang	China	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valle Nacional	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

947 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 138, Highest daily minimum 273, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	138
Highest daily minimum	273
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 57, daily 884.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2001

Top 20 records on 2 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2001	Ibapah, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	94 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 August 2001	Stuart, US	all-time rain	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2001	Thule Op Site, GL	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2001	Richland Ctr, US	monthly rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2001	Cheboygan, US	all-time rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2001	Merrill, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2001	Charmany Farm, US	all-time rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	all-time rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Sugar Camp, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Bartow 1SE, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Stoughton Wwtp, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Strelka Chunja, RU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Goodrich 1 E, US	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Tavernier, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Genoa, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Detour Village, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2001	Tompa, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	49 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2001. 2001 had 947 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 2001-08-02: 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 20	621
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1