Weather Records on 2 October 2001

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 2001. Highest significance: Corryong (Parish Lane), AU.

Key Facts for 2 October 2001

On 2 October 2001, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
629 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 126 monthly and 863 daily.
Corryong (Parish Lane) set a daily record precipitation of 42.6 mm (1.7 in) on 2 October 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

989 stations

989 station records on 2 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Los Otates V	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raseiniai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo (Aeroport	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jiulong	China	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wailuku 386	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winters	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suaqui Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coyame (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 309, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 320, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 159.

Records on 2 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	309
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	320
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 126, daily 863.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 2001

Top 20 records on 2 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 2001	Corryong (Parish Lane), AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	A Coruna, ES	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Placerville, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Los Otates V, MX	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Pine Bluff, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Raseiniai, LT	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Sao Paulo (Aeroport, BR	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Wessington Springs, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Jiulong, CN	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	monthly high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	198 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	127 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Suchiate, MX	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Nurnberg, DE	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2001	Mina, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	39 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2001. 2001 had 989 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	744
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1