Weather Records on 2 October 1948

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1948. Highest significance: Lien I Selbu, NO.

Key Facts for 2 October 1948

On 2 October 1948, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 222 daily.
Lien I Selbu set a daily record precipitation of 46.4 mm (1.8 in) on 2 October 1948.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 2 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaldai	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mandreal	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silab	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 95.

Records on 2 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 222.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1948

Top 20 records on 2 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1948	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Balook, AU	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Iklera(Aklera), IN	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Amguri, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Haina 214, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Attarikhat, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Chhaygaon, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Jalugudi, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Mangaldai, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Manohar Thana, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Moran India, IN	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Damra, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Hilliard, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1948	Barduar, IN	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1948	Khagaul, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1948	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1948	Sonari, IN	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	30 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1948. 1948 had 237 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	126
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3