Weather Records on 2 August 2015

666 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2015. Highest significance: Aleksandrovskij Zav, RU.

Key Facts for 2 August 2015

On 2 August 2015, 666 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 641 daily.
Aleksandrovskij Zav set a daily record precipitation of 68.1 mm (2.7 in) on 2 August 2015.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

666 stations

666 station records on 2 August 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrovskij Zav	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Moroni	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Huntly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ainslie Tyson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Scofield-Skyline Mine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olovjannaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nummi-Pusula Leppakorpi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gruver	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ulety	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belfrayden (North Mayfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mugla	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho Beach 93.11	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Euberta (East View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usugli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shelihovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra (Australian National	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Overton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

666 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 2 August 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2015 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 641.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2015

Top 20 records on 2 August 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2015	Aleksandrovskij Zav, RU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2015	Moroni, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2015	Huntly, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2015	Ainslie Tyson St, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Scofield-Skyline Mine, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Huimin, CN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Olovjannaja, RU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Nummi-Pusula Leppakorpi, FI	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Chita, RU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	112 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Betatakin, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Gruver, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Emblem, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Ulety, RU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Hall (Lochleigh), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	128 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	5.9 C (42.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	126 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2015	Cambridge, US	monthly high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	45 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2015. 2015 had 666 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 2015-08-02: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	484
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1