Weather Records on 2 October 2020

727 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 2020. Highest significance: Nagornyj, RU.

Key Facts for 2 October 2020

On 2 October 2020, 727 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
555 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 657 daily.
Nagornyj set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 2 October 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

727 stations

727 station records on 2 October 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nagornyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Mele	Italy	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heathrow	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santander/Parayas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Cointrin	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Essaouira	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keminmaa Kemi-Tornion Lentoase	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conakry (Aero)	Guinea	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seaqaqa	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iguazu Aero	Brazil	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guanghua	China	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vigra	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyneham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eucla	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Torino/Bric Croce	Italy	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sola	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Takle	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

727 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 270, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 October 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	270
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 69, daily 657.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 2020

Top 20 records on 2 October 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 2020	Nagornyj, RU	all-time rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2020	Dijon-Longvic, FR	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2020	Lugano, CH	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2020	Idjevan, AM	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2020	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Oxford, GB	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	114 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	127 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Cape Mele, IT	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Embrun, FR	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Jersey: Airport, GB	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Bangkok Metropolis, TH	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Karlshamn, SE	monthly high min	14.1 C (57.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Payerne, CH	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Gallivare_A, SE	daily high min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Heathrow, GB	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Fredonia, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	118 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Kenai AP, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2020	Ft Jones Rs, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	68 years	40 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2020. 2020 had 727 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 2020-10-02: 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	559
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1