Weather Records on 2 October 1946

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1946. Highest significance: Polson, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 1946

On 2 October 1946, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 246 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 559 daily.
Polson set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 2 October 1946.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 2 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Siding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 162, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 2 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	162
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 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 1946

Top 20 records on 2 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1946	Polson, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1946	Goldbutte 7 N, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1946	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Saint Ignatius, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Richfield, US	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Scott Cda, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Ovando, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Vauxhall, CA	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Uitkyk, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Klipplaatdrift (Skl), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Leeuwpoort, ZA	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Grootfontein, ZA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Roodekop, ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Fortine 1 N, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Pleasant Valley, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Hollister, US	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Dwarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1946	Hiriyur, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	43 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1946. 1946 had 582 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	354
10 to 20	72
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1