Weather Records on 1 October 2002

951 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 2002. Highest significance: Anchorage Merrill Fld, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 2002

On 1 October 2002, 951 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
589 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 99 monthly and 851 daily.
Anchorage Merrill Fld set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 1 October 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

951 stations

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

Weather records on 1 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Karuizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anamosa 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bacadehuachi	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

951 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 392, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 1 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	392
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 1 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 99, daily 851.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 2002

Top 20 records on 1 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 2002	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2002	Karuizawa, JP	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Buenavista de Cuellar, MX	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Frankfort 2NE, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Jewell, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	S Haven, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Wakamatsu, JP	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Ibapah, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Santiago del Monte, MX	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Albion, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Charlevoix, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Irako, JP	daily rain	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Keosauqua, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Hoopeston, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Tipton, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2002	Coldwater, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	91 years	41 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

1813 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2002. 2002 had 951 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	387
2026	550

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Data for records on 2002-10-01: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	610
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1