Weather Records on 2 October 1971

1,053 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1971. Highest significance: Camp Crook, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 1971

On 2 October 1971, 1,053 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
486 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 967 daily.
Camp Crook set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 2 October 1971.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,053 stations

1,053 station records on 2 October 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baker	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Drake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selfridge 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,053 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 310, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 October 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	310
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 October 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 86, daily 967.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

830 broken records

Margins by which the 830 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1971

Top 20 records on 2 October 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1971	Camp Crook, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Glendive, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Redig 11 NE, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Belle Fourche, US	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Turtle Lake, US	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Virden, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Miles City, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Dickinson Exp STN, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Plevna, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Orman Dam, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Ekalaka, US	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Ft Meade, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Gillette 3SE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1971	Russell, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1971	Birtle, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1971	Eureka, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1971	Baker, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1971	New England, US	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1971	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	55 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1971. 1971 had 1,053 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 1971-10-02: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	809
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2