Weather Records on 2 October 1981

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1981. Highest significance: Aguila, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 1981

On 2 October 1981, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 807 daily.
Aguila set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 2 October 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 2 October 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gari	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Louis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maandagshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krokodilbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sedona	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irving	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norman Wells A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strehla	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kelvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Junipine	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laxbacken	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 157, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 October 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	157
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 October 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 807.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

714 broken records

Margins by which the 714 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1981

Top 20 records on 2 October 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1981	Aguila, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1981	Gari, RU	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Mont Louis, CA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Parker, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Maandagshoek, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Tartu, EE	monthly high max	21.4 C (70.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Krokodilbrug, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Sedona, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Walnut Canyon Nm, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Jasper, CA	daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Irving, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Broadlands, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Gisela, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Norman Wells A, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Tehachapi, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Narva, EE	monthly high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Tierra Amarilla 4 N, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1981	Glorieta, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	37 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1981. 1981 had 846 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	621
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1