Weather Records on 19 October 2002

1,018 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 2002. Highest significance: Moroleon, MX.

Key Facts for 19 October 2002

On 19 October 2002, 1,018 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 469 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 961 daily.
Moroleon set a daily record precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 19 October 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,018 stations

1,018 station records on 19 October 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moroleon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tosteberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olofstrom	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tvingelshed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Sweden	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	Syria	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mjuamala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yichang	China	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Salitre	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Palma/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hords Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.8 C (110.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,018 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 270, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 199, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 19 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	270
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	199
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 19 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 55, daily 961.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

873 broken records

Margins by which the 873 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 2002

Top 20 records on 19 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 2002	Moroleon, MX	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Weatherford, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Nanchong, CN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Chapala, MX	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Tosteberga, SE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Hoby, SE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Olofstrom, SE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Ronneby-Bredakra, SE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Sulphur Springs, US	monthly rain	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	0.7 C (33.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	153 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Okeene, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Halmstad, SE	daily low max	2.5 C (36.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Roanoke, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Beardstown, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Wanyuan, CN	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Tvingelshed, SE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2002	Sveg, SE	daily low max	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	107 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

1806 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2002. 2002 had 1,018 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	820
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1