Weather Records on 2 November 1981

1,051 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1981. Highest significance: Margate Collins St, AU.

Key Facts for 2 November 1981

On 2 November 1981, 1,051 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
391 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 972 daily.
Margate Collins St set a daily record precipitation of 122.8 mm (4.8 in) on 2 November 1981.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,051 stations

1,051 station records on 2 November 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.8 mm (4.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.5 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clouds Creek State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aratula Elizabeth St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Castlereagh (Castlereagh Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Asosan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simonstorp_O	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahi Lower 1054	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,051 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 574, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 2 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	574
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 2 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 79, daily 972.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

938 broken records

Margins by which the 938 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1981

Top 20 records on 2 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1981	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	122.8 mm (4.8 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1981	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1981	Bald Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1981	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1981	Gordon Golf Club, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1981	Brisbane Show Grounds, AU	monthly rain	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1981	Alderley, AU	monthly rain	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1981	Long Flat Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1981	Tarome, AU	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	The Cedars, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Grandchester Symes St, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Brisbane Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Leura Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal), BR	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1981	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	149.5 mm (5.9 in)	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	54 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

1805 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1981. 1981 had 1,051 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	813
20 to 40	79
40 to 60	23
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1