Weather Records on 12 October 1920

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1920. Highest significance: Woods Point, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1920

On 12 October 1920, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 79 daily.
Woods Point set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 12 October 1920.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 12 October 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Germains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 58.

Records on 12 October 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 79.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 17.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1920

Top 20 records on 12 October 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1920	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Bird Rocks, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Gladfield Hopefield Estate, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Kew, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Mornington, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Turkestan, KZ	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Swan Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Inglewood (Post Office), AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Yarram, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Beenak, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Bonang (Goomgerah), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1920	Alma, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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

1805 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1920. 1920 had 79 records.

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

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	710

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 3	29
3 to 5	19
5 to 8	10
8 to 10	6
10 to 13	3
13 to 15	0
15 to 18	1