Weather Records on 2 November 1986

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1986. Highest significance: Gage, US.

Key Facts for 2 November 1986

On 2 November 1986, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 476 daily.
Gage set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 2 November 1986.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

518 stations

518 station records on 2 November 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lukachukai	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Florida	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rienhardt Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caohekou	China	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guffey 10 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coyame (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	333.8 mm (13.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Bremen	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 2 November 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 2 November 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1986

Top 20 records on 2 November 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1986	Gage, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1986	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1986	Columbus, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1986	Deming, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1986	Gran Quivira Natl Mon, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1986	Bosque del Apache, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1986	Bingham 2 NE, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Lukachukai, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Snowflake, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Whitewater, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Flora Downs, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Florida, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Rienhardt Rch, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Lake City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Capitan, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Star Lake, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Pecos Nm, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Cuba, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1986	Dulce, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	80 years	47 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1986. 1986 had 518 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 50	393
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1