Weather Records on 10 August 2002

1,080 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 2002. Highest significance: Putten (Gld), NL.

Key Facts for 10 August 2002

On 10 August 2002, 1,080 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
500 were record highs and 417 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 1,034 daily.
Putten (Gld) set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 10 August 2002.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,080 stations

1,080 station records on 10 August 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	173.8 mm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guymon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hart	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Flor	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sam Rayburn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufering	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conlen	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record low minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eschbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tamdy	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,080 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 332, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 291, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 10 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	332
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	291
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 41, daily 1,034.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 2002

Top 20 records on 10 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 2002	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	131 years	79 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2002	Reutlingen-Betzingen, DE	all-time rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	76 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2002	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2002	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Schallstadt-Mengen, DE	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	173.8 mm (6.8 in)	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Motul, MX	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Braunschweig, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Rijeka, HR	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Berkeley, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Aiken 5SE, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Plainview, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Ashley, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Guymon, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Hart, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Rahden-Varl, DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2002	Lamar, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	100 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

1814 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2002. 2002 had 1,080 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,142

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Data for records on 2002-08-10: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	799
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1