Weather Records on 2 October 2004

839 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 2004. Highest significance: Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU.

Key Facts for 2 October 2004

On 2 October 2004, 839 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 795 daily.
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club) set a daily record precipitation of 112.4 mm (4.4 in) on 2 October 2004.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

839 stations

839 station records on 2 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
The Entrance (Eloora Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Mountain (Grandview Lane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Cove (Rosebridge Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Colo Heights (Mountain Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca Beach Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchs Forest (Frenchs Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norah Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orchard Hills Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watson	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallacia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wisemans Ferry (Old Po)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans (Espie St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berambing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pymble (Canisius College)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kulnura North (Wilcher)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebud	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Round Rock 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ourimbah (Dog Trap Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watagan Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Congewai (Greenock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna (Murrays Run)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milbrodale (Hillsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

839 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 196, Heaviest daily rainfall 379, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	196
Heaviest daily rainfall	379
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 795.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 2004

Top 20 records on 2 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 2004	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2004	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2004	The Entrance (Eloora Street), AU	monthly rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2004	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	110 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2004	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2004	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Bilpin (Fern Grove), AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Cromer Golf Club, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Sterlitamak, RU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Porthill, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	104 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Canyon Dam, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Bowen Mountain (Grandview Lane, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Castle Cove (Rosebridge Ave), AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Colo Heights (Mountain Pines), AU	daily rain	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Avoca Beach Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Frenchs Forest (Frenchs Forest, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2004	Burnet, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	52 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2004. 2004 had 839 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 2004-10-02: 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 20	577
20 to 40	77
40 to 60	34
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1