Weather Records on 2 October 1966

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1966. Highest significance: Halflong Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 2 October 1966

On 2 October 1966, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 558 daily.
Halflong Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 203.9 mm (8.0 in) on 2 October 1966.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 2 October 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	203.9 mm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yadgir	India	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roadvale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 October 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 October 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1966

Top 20 records on 2 October 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1966	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	203.9 mm (8.0 in)	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1966	Kampur, IN	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1966	Bullara, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1966	Rockdale, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Oombulgurri, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Theodore Dpi, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Angurugu, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Koyah, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Lock Haven, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Manchester, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Weston, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1966	Yadgir, IN	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1966	Craig, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1966	Homestead, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1966	Hawley 1 E, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1966	State College, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1966	Belle Isle, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1966	Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco, MX	monthly low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1966. 1966 had 565 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	433
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1