Weather Records on 2 August 2011

1,310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2011. Highest significance: Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 2011

On 2 August 2011, 1,310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
982 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 36 were all-time records, 106 monthly and 1,168 daily.
Spooner Ag Rsch STN set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 2 August 2011.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,310 stations

1,310 station records on 2 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Prilep	Macedonia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tiksi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Lorenzo Sayula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Lucia	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka Forbes Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Foxboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	46.4 C (115.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Navarro Mills Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunset Crater Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,310 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 566, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 416, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 2 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	566
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	416
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 36, monthly 106, daily 1,168.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

874 broken records

Margins by which the 874 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2011

Top 20 records on 2 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2011	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2011	Prilep, MK	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2011	Poltava, UA	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2011	Hayward Rs, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2011	Tancochapa, MX	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Tiksi, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Junction 4SSW, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Winter, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Waco Rgnl AP, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Enid, US	monthly high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Gordon, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Zinder, NE	monthly high max	41.4 C (106.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Hinckley, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Hemlock, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Topeka ASOS, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Ft Grant, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Lynch, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	110 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Superior, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2011	Ft Smith Rgnl AP, US	all-time high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	46 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2011. 2011 had 1,310 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 2026-10-17 (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	826
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1