Weather Records on 2 October 1978

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1978. Highest significance: Pinjarra, AU.

Key Facts for 2 October 1978

On 2 October 1978, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 455 daily.
Pinjarra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.0 mm (2.9 in) on 2 October 1978.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 2 October 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Puruandiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.7 mm (8.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tepuxtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 October 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 October 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1978

Top 20 records on 2 October 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1978	Pinjarra, AU	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1978	Millston, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1978	Busselton Shire, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Puruandiro, MX	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Round Hill, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Voru, EE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Lochnagar, AU	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily low min	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1978	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1978	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	221.7 mm (8.7 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1978	Cartwright, CA	monthly snowfall	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	3.4 cm (1.3 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1978	Mazapa, MX	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1978	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1978	Cuautla (Smn), MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1978	Glenlands, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1978	Parrsboro, CA	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 October 1978	Pericos, MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1978. 1978 had 474 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	390
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2