Weather Records on 2 October 1974

1,815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1974. Highest significance: The Twins Station, AU.

Key Facts for 2 October 1974

On 2 October 1974, 1,815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 1,380 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,782 daily.
The Twins Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.8 mm (2.5 in) on 2 October 1974.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,815 stations

1,815 station records on 2 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Twins Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersfield AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Finspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,815 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 661, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 719, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	661
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	719
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 1,782.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,578 broken records

Margins by which the 1,578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1974

Top 20 records on 2 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1974	The Twins Station, AU	monthly rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1974	Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Bakersfield AP, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Belleville, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Landsort, SE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Alice Springs Airport, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Finspang, SE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Sac City, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Ust Tzilma, RU	monthly high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Fairmont, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Toronto, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	132 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Estherville 4E, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Rock Rapids, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Rockwell City, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1974	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	40 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1974. 1974 had 1,815 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	1,543
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1