Weather Records on 7 October 2002

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 2002. Highest significance: Ekaterino-Nikolskoe, RU.

Key Facts for 7 October 2002

On 7 October 2002, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 295 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 686 daily.
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 7 October 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 7 October 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sheffield	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crane	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carta Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fujin	China	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zheleznodorozhnyj	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Progreso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Panther Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetsk	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merida	Venezuela	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Douglasville 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chelan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lermontovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 7 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 7 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

539 broken records

Margins by which the 539 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 2002

Top 20 records on 7 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 2002	Ekaterino-Nikolskoe, RU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2002	Sanderson, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2002	Sheffield, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Grandfalls 3SSE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Jasper, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Animas 3ESE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Sandbackshult, SE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Udon Thani, TH	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Sonora, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Ternej, RU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Izmail, UA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Leeds, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Bertrand, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Crane, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Galati, RO	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Sirte, LY	daily low min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2002	Ft Benton, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 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

1802 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 704 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	893

Download the Data

Data for records on 2002-10-07: 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 20	500
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1