Weather Records on 2 October 1916

73 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1916. Highest significance: Maitland West, AU.

Key Facts for 2 October 1916

On 2 October 1916, 73 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 70 daily.
Maitland West set a daily record precipitation of 125.5 mm (4.9 in) on 2 October 1916.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

73 stations

73 station records on 2 October 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dural Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmouth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

73 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 44, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 2 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 70.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

67 broken records

Margins by which the 67 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1916

Top 20 records on 2 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1916	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1916	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1916	Branxton Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1916	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1916	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1916	Singleton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1916	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1916	Denman (Palace Street), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1916	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Denman (Martindale), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Cudal Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Coronga Downs, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Wien, AT	daily low min	2.9 C (37.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	54 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Jerrys Plains Post Office, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Kherson, UA	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1916	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1814 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1916. 1916 had 73 records.

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

Records on 10-02 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1817	1
1819	1
1832	1
1841	2
1846	1
1847	1
1853	1
1859	3
1860	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	3
1886	3
1888	3
1889	3
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	12
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	5
1899	13
1900	3
1901	3
1902	11
1903	15
1904	4
1905	15
1906	25
1907	8
1908	32
1909	9
1910	19
1911	41
1912	25
1913	14
1914	17
1915	21
1916	73
1917	67
1918	40
1919	47
1920	40
1921	57
1922	91
1923	77
1924	49
1925	139
1926	188
1927	531
1928	213
1929	350
1930	162
1931	183
1932	212
1933	567
1934	134
1935	333
1936	365
1937	407
1938	389
1939	400
1940	210
1941	402
1942	210
1943	355
1944	789
1945	380
1946	582
1947	539
1948	237
1949	237
1950	1,128
1951	577
1952	733
1953	957
1954	1,023
1955	397
1956	265
1957	646
1958	1,052
1959	942
1960	191
1961	866
1962	404
1963	446
1964	311
1965	415
1966	565
1967	395
1968	555
1969	482
1970	367
1971	1,053
1972	418
1973	538
1974	1,815
1975	699
1976	1,042
1977	920
1978	474
1979	599
1980	605
1981	846
1982	575
1983	689
1984	1,081
1985	1,104
1986	1,404
1987	712
1988	563
1989	855
1990	505
1991	604
1992	1,434
1993	1,145
1994	862
1995	854
1996	809
1997	1,249
1998	1,409
1999	1,566
2000	878
2001	989
2002	1,499
2003	1,977
2004	839
2005	1,136
2006	922
2007	622
2008	601
2009	1,450
2010	903
2011	1,406
2012	638
2013	603
2014	513
2015	745
2016	536
2017	887
2018	887
2019	2,132
2020	727
2021	721
2022	586
2023	1,300
2024	833
2025	376
2026	624

Download the Data

Data for records on 1916-10-02: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	58
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1