Weather Records on 2 February 2002

1,502 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 2002. Highest significance: Tiruchchirapalli, IN.

Key Facts for 2 February 2002

On 2 February 2002, 1,502 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,113 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 1,435 daily.
Tiruchchirapalli set a monthly record daily precipitation of 89.9 mm (3.5 in) on 2 February 2002.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

1,502 stations

1,502 station records on 2 February 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tolt S Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Congewai (Greenock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jever	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bacanuchi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,502 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 759, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 354, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 2 February 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	759
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	354
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 2 February 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 64, daily 1,435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,326 broken records

Margins by which the 1,326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 2002

Top 20 records on 2 February 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 2002	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	73 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 February 2002	Postville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Tolt S Fk Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Covert, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	135 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Elwood 8 S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	16.9 C (62.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	135 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily high max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Mount Amhurst, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Uccle, BE	daily high max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Uccle, BE	daily high min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	135 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Halle, DE	daily high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	135 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Kisinev, MD	daily high max	11.4 C (52.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Skara 1, SE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Red Cloud, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Philippi, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2002	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	79 years	42 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

1795 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2002. 2002 had 1,502 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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Data for records on 2002-02-02: 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 2026-10-17 (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	1,296
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1