Weather Records on 2 October 1944

789 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1944. Highest significance: Wien, AT.

Key Facts for 2 October 1944

On 2 October 1944, 789 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 445 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 775 daily.
Wien set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 2 October 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

789 stations

789 station records on 2 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Evandale (Ridgeside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waramain	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woods (Quoin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ignace	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

789 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 384, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 2 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	384
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 775.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1944

Top 20 records on 2 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1944	Wien, AT	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Miami, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Winchelsea (Post Office), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Amarwara, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Pachmarhi, IN	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Multai, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Tamia, IN	monthly rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Ellerslie Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Baihar, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Woodward, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Evandale (Ridgeside), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1944	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	38 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

1814 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1944. 1944 had 789 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	640
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1