Weather Records on 2 October 1952

733 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1952. Highest significance: Sherbrooke, CA.

Key Facts for 2 October 1952

On 2 October 1952, 733 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 690 daily.
Sherbrooke set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 2 October 1952.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

733 stations

733 station records on 2 October 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Molakmura	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Turriff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Katyil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walpeup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Onatchiway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Aux Galets	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mallow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Junee Reefs (Noorla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

733 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 2 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 43, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1952

Top 20 records on 2 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1952	Sherbrooke, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Drung Drung, AU	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Molakmura, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Turriff, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea)), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Kudligi, IN	monthly rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Ludlow, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Katyil, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Walpeup, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Joliette, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Thetford Mines, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1952	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	44 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1952. 1952 had 733 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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Data for records on 1952-10-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	490
10 to 20	59
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1