Weather Records on 2 October 1947

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1947. Highest significance: Quinault Rs, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 1947

On 2 October 1947, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 527 daily.
Quinault Rs set a daily record precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 2 October 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 2 October 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Alfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zigzag Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Abu	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagaon Bhogaon	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalama 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 October 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 October 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 527.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1947

Top 20 records on 2 October 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1947	Quinault Rs, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Bairgania, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Dillalah, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Revelstoke, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Crowlands (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Imphal (C.Hosp), IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Pathalipam, IN	daily rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Mahua, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Melrose, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Railton (Cement Australia), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Sheffield, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1947	Loch, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1947	Mount Alfred, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1947	Zigzag Rs, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1947	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1947	Agra, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1947	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1947	Salekhard, RU	monthly high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1947	Cle Elum, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	31 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1947. 1947 had 539 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	409
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1