Weather Records on 2 October 1969

482 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1969. Highest significance: Muenster, CA.

Key Facts for 2 October 1969

On 2 October 1969, 482 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 458 daily.
Muenster set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 2 October 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

482 stations

482 station records on 2 October 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muenster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dilke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nokomis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hughton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Witwater (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beechy	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Voewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strongfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nindigully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalow Motel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hughton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elbow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nipawin 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Almeria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

482 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 October 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 October 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1969

Top 20 records on 2 October 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1969	Muenster, CA	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1969	Pitkin, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1969	Davidson, CA	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1969	Humboldt, CA	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1969	Tugaske, CA	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1969	Dilke, CA	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1969	Nokomis, CA	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Caron, CA	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Champagne (Naf), ZA	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Boone, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Hughton, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Assiniboia, CA	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Cheriton, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Witwater (Bos), ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Beechy, CA	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Pitkin, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Muscoda, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Voewood, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1969	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1969. 1969 had 482 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 50	398
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1