Weather Records on 2 October 1941

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1941. Highest significance: Havana, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 1941

On 2 October 1941, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 386 daily.
Havana set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 2 October 1941.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 2 October 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria City Office	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Sir Samuel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 2 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1941

Top 20 records on 2 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1941	Havana, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Highmore, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Miller, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Peoria City Office, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Keokuk L&D 19, US	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Kennebec, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Murdo, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Kiama Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1941	Mount Sir Samuel, AU	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1941	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1941	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1941	Cataract Dam, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1941	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1941	Lawrence, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	60 years	32 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1941. 1941 had 402 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	239
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1