Weather Records on 2 October 1953

957 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1953. Highest significance: Kuppam, IN.

Key Facts for 2 October 1953

On 2 October 1953, 957 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
714 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 223 monthly and 734 daily.
Kuppam set a daily record precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 2 October 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

957 stations

957 station records on 2 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Point 717	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yallingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

957 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 528, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	528
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 223, daily 734.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

759 broken records

Margins by which the 759 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1953

Top 20 records on 2 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1953	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Putbus, DE	monthly high min	14.9 C (58.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Aldervale, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Nagamangala, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Quindalup, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Black Point 717, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Vestervig, DK	monthly high min	14.1 C (57.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Dharmavaram, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Przhevalsk, KG	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Carnarvon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Bukkapatnam, IN	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Long Prairie, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1953	Kerkeriya, IN	monthly rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1953	Independence, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1953	Maquoketa, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1953	Warrenton 1 N, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	34 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1953. 1953 had 957 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	738
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1