Weather Records on 2 August 2024

1,337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2024. Highest significance: Beaver Dam Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 2024

On 2 August 2024, 1,337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,174 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 88 monthly and 1,233 daily.
Beaver Dam Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 87.1 mm (3.4 in) on 2 August 2024.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,337 stations

1,337 station records on 2 August 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Velikij_Ustjug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nolin Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cannelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suifenhe	China	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Refuge HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Homburg/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ustica Island	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tokmak	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ojmjakon	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boise Air Terminal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talas	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhalal-Abad	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calero Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,337 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 615, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 559, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 113.

Records on 2 August 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	615
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	559
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2024 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 88, daily 1,233.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

982 broken records

Margins by which the 982 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2024

Top 20 records on 2 August 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2024	Beaver Dam Wwtp, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2024	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	115 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Tell City, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Velikij_Ustjug, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Nolin Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Stykkisholmur, IS	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Cannelton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Millersburg, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Bishkek, KG	all-time high min	28.2 C (82.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	New London, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Waupaca, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz, DE	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Tsuyama, JP	all-time high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Karratha Aero, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Dillon 1 E, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Hayden, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Tellico Plains, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	125 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Zinder, NE	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2024	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	41 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2024. 2024 had 1,337 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 2026-10-17 (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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 August 2024
Margin	Records
0 to 10	939
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3