Weather Records on 2 August 2019

471 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2019. Highest significance: Ajmer, IN.

Key Facts for 2 August 2019

On 2 August 2019, 471 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 452 daily.
Ajmer set a daily record precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 2 August 2019.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

471 stations

471 station records on 2 August 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Tian-Shan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nieuw Buinen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Price	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Diepholz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ohansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	243.6 mm (9.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vaassen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Epe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala Mauka 21.3	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sosva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt. Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eggebek	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles Field	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

471 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 180.

Records on 2 August 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2019 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2019

Top 20 records on 2 August 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2019	Ajmer, IN	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	101 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Tian-Shan, KG	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Potwin, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Nieuw Buinen, NL	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Oakes, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Price, AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Diepholz, DE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Jewell, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	112 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2019	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2019	Twistetal-Muhlhausen, DE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2019	Headland, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2019	Taylor, US	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2019	Dry Tortugas, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2019	Buckeburg, DE	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2019	Osijek, HR	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2019	Keflavik, IS	daily low min	0.4 C (32.7 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2019	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	53 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2019. 2019 had 471 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 2019-08-02: 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 25	372
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1