Weather Records on 2 November 1945

299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1945. Highest significance: Dickson, US.

Key Facts for 2 November 1945

On 2 November 1945, 299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 268 daily.
Dickson set a daily record precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 2 November 1945.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

299 stations

299 station records on 2 November 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

299 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 2 November 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 November 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1945

Top 20 records on 2 November 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1945	Dickson, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1945	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1945	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1945	Amos, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1945	White River, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Stewart, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Weston, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Waynesboro, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Prince Rupert, CA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	College STN 6 SW, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	62 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Terrace, CA	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Greensburg, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	Springer, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 November 1945	St Petersburg, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	21 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

1805 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1945. 1945 had 299 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	193
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1