Weather Records on 2 October 1975

699 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1975. Highest significance: Chetwynd, AU.

Key Facts for 2 October 1975

On 2 October 1975, 699 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 315 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 673 daily.
Chetwynd set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 2 October 1975.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

699 stations

699 station records on 2 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chetwynd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Menza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.4 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Benedito Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blumenau (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itoupava Central	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pouso Redondo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indaial	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arrozeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brusque (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Bremen	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shearwater A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gardabani	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balancan de Dominguez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cayo Arenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ibirama (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

699 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 250, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	250
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1975

Top 20 records on 2 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1975	Chetwynd, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1975	Menza, RU	monthly rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Waterloo, AU	all-time rain	160.4 mm (6.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Benedito Novo, BR	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Auvergne, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Risdon, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Blairsville Exp STN, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Blumenau (Pcd), BR	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Itoupava Central, BR	daily rain	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Pouso Redondo, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Indaial, BR	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Fairmount, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Roy Hill, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Arrozeira, BR	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Brusque (Pcd), BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Nova Bremen, BR	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Yarmouth A, CA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1975	Nalcik, RU	monthly rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	46 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1975. 1975 had 699 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	625

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	483
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1