Weather Records on 2 July 2018

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 2018. Highest significance: Balahta, RU.

Key Facts for 2 July 2018

On 2 July 2018, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
553 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 815 daily.
Balahta set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 2 July 2018.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

858 stations

858 station records on 2 July 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Temnikov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Tree Hill (Kulki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Plains (Croye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kitlane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dinton Vale (Berrilee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gunflint Lake 10 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nullamanna (Belmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenden Ker Bottom STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coolmunda Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood (Lochiel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Brydone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell (Wandera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Glen Oak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elsmore (Danthonia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarh	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenden Ker Top STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.0 mm (10.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 231, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 322, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 193.

Records on 2 July 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	231
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	322
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 2018 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 24, daily 815.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

678 broken records

Margins by which the 678 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 2018

Top 20 records on 2 July 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 2018	Balahta, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Wellingrove (Wangalea), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Temnikov, RU	all-time rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Cape Tribulation Store, AU	daily rain	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Ardath, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Delungra (Craigmore), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Bruce Rock, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Graball, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Sapphire (Argyle), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Langebaan, ZA	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	1 year	60 of 100 (Major)
2 July 2018	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Cherry Tree Hill (Kulki), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Kings Plains (Croye), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Kitlane, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Glen Innes Ag Research STN, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Ganca, AZ	all-time high min	27.7 C (81.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Elphinstone Pocket No1, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	130 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2018	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	97 years	50 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

1793 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 858 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,173

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Data for records on 2018-07-02: 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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	631
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1