Weather Records on 2 August 2017

938 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2017. Highest significance: Windy Harbour, AU.

Key Facts for 2 August 2017

On 2 August 2017, 938 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
652 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 24 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 864 daily.
Windy Harbour set an all-time record daily precipitation of 126.2 mm (5.0 in) on 2 August 2017.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

938 stations

938 station records on 2 August 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Windy Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Holm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ward Creek #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moundou	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kybo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ouessant	France	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lawica	Poland	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sura	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Demjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vigna di Valle	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bologoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buttonwillow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hutsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chaoyang	China	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weifang	China	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bistrita	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

938 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 317, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 335, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 161.

Records on 2 August 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	317
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	335
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2017 by timescale: all-time 24, monthly 50, daily 864.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

750 broken records

Margins by which the 750 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2017

Top 20 records on 2 August 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2017	Windy Harbour, AU	all-time rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2017	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2017	Eyre, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Holm, RU	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	El Capitan Dam, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Ward Creek #3, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Moundou, TD	monthly low min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Kybo, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Nellore, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Carthage, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Ouessant, FR	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Lawica, PL	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Pte de la Hague, FR	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Alicante, ES	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Louisville 1 E, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	121 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Miami Beach, US	monthly low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Newcastle, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2017	Sura, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2017. 2017 had 938 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2017-08-02: 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 20	735
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1