Weather Records on 2 January 2002

1,021 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2002. Highest significance: Ft Ross, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 2002

On 2 January 2002, 1,021 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 351 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 968 daily.
Ft Ross set a daily record precipitation of 134.6 mm (5.3 in) on 2 January 2002.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,021 stations

1,021 station records on 2 January 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grunnfjord - Stakken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gidgee Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nordstraum I Kvaenangen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pope AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waleska	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,021 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 215, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 106.

Records on 2 January 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	215
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	106

Records on 2 January 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 50, daily 968.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

826 broken records

Margins by which the 826 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2002

Top 20 records on 2 January 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2002	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	101 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2002	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Elberton 2 N, US	monthly snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Stillwater Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Canton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	109 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Amite, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Waynesboro 2 W, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Teuschnitz, DE	daily snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Buenavista, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	East Park Rsvr, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Rocky Mt, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Grunnfjord - Stakken, NO	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Woodbury, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Gidgee Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Nordstraum I Kvaenangen, NO	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Columbia, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Rock Mills, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2002	Asheboro 2 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	44 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

1794 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 1,021 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	753
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	5
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	3