Weather Records on 20 October 2002

985 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 2002. Highest significance: Campbell, US.

Key Facts for 20 October 2002

On 20 October 2002, 985 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
343 were record highs and 438 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 924 daily.
Campbell set a daily record snowfall of 10.7 cm (4.2 in) on 20 October 2002.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

985 stations

985 station records on 20 October 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkelangen II	Norway	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Sweden	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	344.2 mm (13.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Frio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Peaje	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ronaldsway	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loggerheads: Colomendy Centre	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.5 C (112.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Preston: Moor Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Opstveit	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stormont Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haikou	China	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orimattila Kakela	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

985 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 253, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 185, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 20 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	253
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	185
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 20 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 61, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

781 broken records

Margins by which the 781 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 2002

Top 20 records on 20 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 2002	Campbell, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	107 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2002	Miami, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	81 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2002	Eikanger - Myr, NO	monthly snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2002	Hedrum, NO	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Yurecuaro, MX	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Bjorkelangen II, NO	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Huntsville, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Hawarden Bridge, GB	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	El Campo, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	San Blas, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily high max	39.9 C (103.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Karlshamn, SE	daily low max	2.5 C (36.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Flahult, SE	daily low max	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Apache, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Sveg, SE	daily low max	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Medina, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Karlstad, SE	daily low max	1.3 C (34.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Junsele, SE	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2002	Santa Barbara, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 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 985 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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	725
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	3