Weather Records on 2 October 1926

188 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1926. Highest significance: Jacksonville 2E, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 1926

On 2 October 1926, 188 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 173 daily.
Jacksonville 2E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 2 October 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

188 stations

188 station records on 2 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arapaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

188 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 80.

Records on 2 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 173.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

132 broken records

Margins by which the 132 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1926

Top 20 records on 2 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1926	Jacksonville 2E, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	White Hall 1 E, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Sedan, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Independence, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Oregon, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Griggsville, US	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Arapaho, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1926	Horton, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Tuscola, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Atchison, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Burlington, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Lebo, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1926	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	26 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1926. 1926 had 188 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

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	88
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1