Weather Records on 2 October 1970

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1970. Highest significance: Bederkesa, DE.

Key Facts for 2 October 1970

On 2 October 1970, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 343 daily.
Bederkesa set a daily record precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 2 October 1970.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

367 stations

367 station records on 2 October 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sento SE	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ermakovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monchengladbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coribe (Rio Alegre)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Periyapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rendsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowelling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tamenlong	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hausstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Isparta	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Pari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lins (Inemet)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Grullo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 2 October 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

315 broken records

Margins by which the 315 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1970

Top 20 records on 2 October 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1970	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Duncan, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Roermond, NL	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Sento SE, BR	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Ermakovskoe, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Safford, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Bankura Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Guadalajara (Dge), MX	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Monchengladbach, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Coribe (Rio Alegre), BR	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Mudigere, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Saentis, CH	daily rain	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Periyapatna, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Xique-Xique (Igatu), BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Gossweinstein, DE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1970	Gokak, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	35 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1970. 1970 had 367 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 10	259
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1