Weather Records on 11 October 2002

1,000 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 2002. Highest significance: Pontotoc, US.

Key Facts for 11 October 2002

On 11 October 2002, 1,000 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 972 daily.
Pontotoc set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 11 October 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,000 stations

1,000 station records on 11 October 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mounefontein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth Bridge	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ronaldsway	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Water Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Ave V Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,000 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 410, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 11 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	410
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 11 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 972.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

790 broken records

Margins by which the 790 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 2002

Top 20 records on 11 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 2002	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	101 years	74 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	83 years	71 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Batesville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Ashland, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Plainfield, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Falmouth, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2002	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Waverly, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Oceana NAS, US	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Keene 1 WSW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Elizabeth City Cgas, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Lebanon, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Spencer, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2002	Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	56 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

1793 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 1,000 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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 2026-10-17 (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 20	640
20 to 40	114
40 to 60	28
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1