Weather Records on 2 October 1931

183 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1931. Highest significance: Bhimber, PK.

Key Facts for 2 October 1931

On 2 October 1931, 183 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 175 daily.
Bhimber set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.4 mm (3.0 in) on 2 October 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

183 stations

183 station records on 2 October 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhimber	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chitvel	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khalilabad	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kurla	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

183 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 101.

Records on 2 October 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 175.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

154 broken records

Margins by which the 154 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1931

Top 20 records on 2 October 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1931	Bhimber, PK	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1931	Tunis, TN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1931	Geilo, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1931	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1931	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1931	Mehgawan, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1931	Sagar Island, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1931	Harda, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1931	Soro, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Burhanpur Sr, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Midnapore, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Sahebganj, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Chitvel, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Akola, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Khalilabad, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Alibag-Cvl.Hosp., IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Sviland, NO	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1931	Norddal, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	22 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1931. 1931 had 183 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 20	132
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1