Weather Records on 2 August 1994

986 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 1994. Highest significance: Harkerville (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 August 1994

On 2 August 1994, 986 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
567 were record highs and 209 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 917 daily.
Harkerville (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 89.3 mm (3.5 in) on 2 August 1994.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

986 stations

986 station records on 2 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yajalon (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Itajuipe (Piranji)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ven	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hurdsfield 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Habo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Espinal (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nordoyan Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matsue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yautepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sabancuy	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acatzingo de Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotitlan Salinas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nagoya	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mendez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

986 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 334, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 2 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	334
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 50, daily 917.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

725 broken records

Margins by which the 725 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 1994

Top 20 records on 2 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 1994	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1994	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1994	Lattakia, SY	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1994	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1994	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	105 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1994	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 1994	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Jonkersberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Lockhart River Airport, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Yajalon (Cfe), MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Itajuipe (Piranji), BR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Elec, RU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Paola, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Ven, SE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Gibson City, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Hurdsfield 8 SW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	McGregor, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 1994	Glenwillard Dashields L&D, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	42 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1994. 1994 had 986 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	634
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1