Weather Records on 2 October 1950

1,128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1950. Highest significance: Two Harbors, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 1950

On 2 October 1950, 1,128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 564 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,088 daily.
Two Harbors set a daily record precipitation of 67.1 mm (2.6 in) on 2 October 1950.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,128 stations

1,128 station records on 2 October 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coolabah (Branglebar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,128 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 241, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 323, Heaviest daily rainfall 355, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	241
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	323
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 1,088.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

948 broken records

Margins by which the 948 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1950

Top 20 records on 2 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1950	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Bourke (Yanda), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Cimarron, US	monthly rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Beatrice, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Schuyler, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Superior, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Urawilkie, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Alton, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Byrock Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Cumberland, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1950	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	46 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1950. 1950 had 1,128 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	833
20 to 40	65
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	2