Weather Records on 10 October 2001

970 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 2001. Highest significance: Clarendon, US.

Key Facts for 10 October 2001

On 10 October 2001, 970 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 951 daily.
Clarendon set a daily record precipitation of 101.9 mm (4.0 in) on 10 October 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

970 stations

970 station records on 10 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yanji	China	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karuizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zitlaltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pomme de Terre Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waubay Natl Wild Life	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hollow	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bixby	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

970 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 239, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 10 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	239
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 10 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 951.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

802 broken records

Margins by which the 802 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 2001

Top 20 records on 10 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 2001	Clarendon, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 October 2001	Maebashi, JP	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Kumagaya, JP	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Nikko, JP	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Wakayama, JP	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Yanji, CN	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Sumoto, JP	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Durant, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Fayetteville Drake Fld, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Choshi, JP	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Stamford 1, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Columbus, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Utsunomiya, JP	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Tokyo, JP	daily rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Katsuura, JP	daily rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Lakeside, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Stover, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2001	Kofu, JP	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 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

1793 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 970 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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Data for records on 2001-10-10: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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	721
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2