Weather Records on 2 October 2017

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 2017. Highest significance: Conrad, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 2017

On 2 October 2017, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 271 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 861 daily.
Conrad set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 2 October 2017.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 2 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Walden	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Springwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Euleilah Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kremmling	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ornskoldsvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbairn Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carfax	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Akroken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ardurad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Juanita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bargara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mystery Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yantumara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 194, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 383, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 2 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	194
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	383
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 2 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 861.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

763 broken records

Margins by which the 763 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 2017

Top 20 records on 2 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 2017	Conrad, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	106 years	79 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	122 years	79 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Dillon 1 E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	107 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Joplin, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Walden, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Enshi, CN	monthly rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Climax, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	122 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Anakie Richardson St, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Springwood Station, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Euleilah Creek, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Pbo Anantapur, IN	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Moolboolaman, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Sioux Falls, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Kremmling, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2017	Belvedere, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2017	Melbourne WFO, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2017	O'Neill, US	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	119 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2017	Taylor, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	59 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2017. 2017 had 887 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 2017-10-02: 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 50	720
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1