Weather Records on 2 August 2012

758 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2012. Highest significance: Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ.

Key Facts for 2 August 2012

On 2 August 2012, 758 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
526 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 689 daily.
Nemours (Ghazaouet) set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 41.4 C (106.5 F) on 2 August 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

758 stations

758 station records on 2 August 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	66 of 100 (Major)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kanevka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chaucingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baguio	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	453.9 mm (17.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	44.5 C (112.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suntar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seabrook Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Ocotlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barberena	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guiria	Venezuela	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beni-Saf	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pindarita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villahermosa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas Post	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midelt	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loreto (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abelardo L. Rodriguez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Chapin	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tecuala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Egersund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Slavgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

758 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 319, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 207, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 2 August 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	319
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	207
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2012 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 56, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 342.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2012

Top 20 records on 2 August 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2012	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	all-time high max	41.4 C (106.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	130 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2012	Haleyville, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	109 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2012	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	all-time high min	28.8 C (83.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2012	Kem-Port, RU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Kanevka, RU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Chaucingo, MX	all-time rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Baguio, PH	daily rain	453.9 mm (17.9 in)	342.9 mm (13.5 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Chany, RU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Tribune 1W, US	monthly high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Watonga, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Oujda, MA	daily high max	44.5 C (112.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Arthur, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Enid, US	daily high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Graham, US	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Port Alsworth, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Norman 3SSE, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2012	Suntar, RU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	40 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2012. 2012 had 758 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 50	466
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1