Weather Records on 2 October 2026

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 2026. Highest significance: Kingsville, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 2026

On 2 October 2026, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 576 daily.
Kingsville set a daily record precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 2 October 2026 (provisional).
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

624 stations

624 station records on 2 October 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bronzewing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rossville	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zamora	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Comitan Chis.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.7 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Temosachi (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bonbeach (Carrum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
White City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alcan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freer	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen Miller Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup (Srw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coldstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alta Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellville 6NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walpeup Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 2 October 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 October 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 47, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 2026

Top 20 records on 2 October 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 2026	Kingsville, US	daily rain (Provisional)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	124 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 October 2026	Sea Lake (Post Office), AU	daily rain (Provisional)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Cleburne, US	daily rain (Provisional)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	112 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Renmark Irrigation, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	138 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Abashiri, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Essendon Airport, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Manhattan, US	daily rain (Provisional)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	99 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Moorabbin Airport, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain (Provisional)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Bronzewing, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Rossville, US	monthly rain (Provisional)	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Syracuse 1NE, US	monthly rain (Provisional)	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Laverton Raaf, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Mombetsu, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Zamora, MX	monthly high min (Provisional)	25.2 C (77.4 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	74 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Blackwood, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	134 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Comitan Chis., MX	monthly rain (Provisional)	116.7 mm (4.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 October 2026	Glenmaggie Weir, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 2026	Melbourne Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2026. 2026 had 624 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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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	426
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2