Weather Records on 2 October 1993

1,145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1993. Highest significance: Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU.

Key Facts for 2 October 1993

On 2 October 1993, 1,145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 387 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,106 daily.
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana) set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 2 October 1993.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,145 stations

1,145 station records on 2 October 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yenda (Henry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Driekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coober Pedy (Ingomar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Wildungen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Muloorina Station (Muloorina H	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whorouly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maseru	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sappemeer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pfullendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burgwald-Bottendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,145 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 191, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 196, Heaviest daily rainfall 617, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 October 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	191
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	196
Heaviest daily rainfall	617
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 October 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 37, daily 1,106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

999 broken records

Margins by which the 999 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1993

Top 20 records on 2 October 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1993	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1993	Bruce, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1993	Misurata, LY	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1993	Yenda (Henry Street), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1993	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Kafferrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Driekop, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Menindee Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Coober Pedy (Ingomar), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Eurobin, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Nidderau-Windecken, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Budingen, DE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Ceduna Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Giessen/Wettenberg, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1993	Bad Wildungen, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	50 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1993. 1993 had 1,145 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	809
10 to 20	131
20 to 30	38
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1