Weather Records on 2 October 2002

1,499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 2002. Highest significance: McGill, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 2002

On 2 October 2002, 1,499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
854 were record highs and 365 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 102 monthly and 1,397 daily.
McGill set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 2 October 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

1,499 stations

1,499 station records on 2 October 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McGill	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,499 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 276, Lowest daily maximum 182, Highest daily minimum 578, Lowest daily minimum 183, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 2 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	276
Lowest daily maximum	182
Highest daily minimum	578
Lowest daily minimum	183
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 2 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 102, daily 1,397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,079 broken records

Margins by which the 1,079 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 2002

Top 20 records on 2 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 2002	McGill, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	104 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2002	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2002	Sterling, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2002	Montezuma 1 W, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2002	Pella 1S, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2002	Maquoketa, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2002	Williamsburg 1E, US	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2002	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Riverton, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Western 2W, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Boulder, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	St Louis Lambert Intl AP, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Blagovescensk, RU	monthly high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Dubuque L&D 11, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Cedar Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Keflavik, IS	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Gilman, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Central Michigan UNIV, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2002	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	49 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2002. 2002 had 1,499 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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Data for records on 2002-10-02: 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	1,057
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1