Weather Records on 2 August 2002

1,039 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2002. Highest significance: Kent City 2 SW, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 2002

On 2 August 2002, 1,039 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
631 were record highs and 252 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 957 daily.
Kent City 2 SW set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 2 August 2002.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,039 stations

1,039 station records on 2 August 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dzhikimda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ures (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bollebygd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Metztitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kielder Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Temascaltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lysekil_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Uvalle	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malilla	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gendalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dyce	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Penicuik	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kvavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Samara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews (Geralka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Comatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,039 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 296, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 335, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 156.

Records on 2 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	296
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	335
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 62, daily 957.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

760 broken records

Margins by which the 760 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2002

Top 20 records on 2 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2002	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2002	Dzhikimda, RU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Ures (Dge), MX	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Ljungby, SE	all-time high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Bollebygd, SE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Middleburg, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Orebro, SE	monthly high min	18.7 C (65.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Metztitlan, MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Kielder Castle, GB	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Lindesnes Fyr, NO	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Temascaltepec, MX	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Lysekil_D, SE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Landvik, NO	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Los Uvalle, MX	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Kristianstad, SE	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Sandbackshult, SE	all-time high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Talkeetna AP, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2002	Malilla, SE	all-time high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	54 years	41 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2002. 2002 had 1,039 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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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	713
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1