Weather Records on 2 August 2004

752 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2004. Highest significance: Ogdensburg 4 NE, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 2004

On 2 August 2004, 752 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
364 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 719 daily.
Ogdensburg 4 NE set a daily record precipitation of 67.1 mm (2.6 in) on 2 August 2004.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

752 stations

752 station records on 2 August 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Vysokoje	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Senno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malexander	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Volodymyr-Volynskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cornudas Svc STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kona Village 93.8	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo Acuitlapilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zalayeta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Tezoyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norman Manley Intl	Jamaica	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Terrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corrinchis II	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Immokalee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Otinapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

752 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 214.

Records on 2 August 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 29, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2004

Top 20 records on 2 August 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2004	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2004	Grapevine Dam, US	all-time high min	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2004	Vysokoje, BY	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Hostotipaquillo, MX	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Quito, MX	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Ft Grant, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Senno, BY	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Malexander, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Orogrande, US	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Volodymyr-Volynskyi, UA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Cordova AP, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Waterville 2, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Bedford, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Teigarhorn, IS	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Palisade, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2004	Cornudas Svc STN, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	42 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2004. 2004 had 752 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 2004-08-02: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 August 2004
Margin	Records
0 to 10	433
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3