Weather Records on 12 October 1924

129 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1924. Highest significance: Glendive, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1924

On 12 October 1924, 129 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 127 daily.
Glendive set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 12 October 1924.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

129 stations

129 station records on 12 October 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

129 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 21.

Records on 12 October 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

92 broken records

Margins by which the 92 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1924

Top 20 records on 12 October 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1924	Glendive, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1924	Pitea, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1924	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1924	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1924	Swift Current, CA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	San Jacinto, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Oxford, GB	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Paragonah, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Uccle, BE	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Chaplin, CA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Prince Albert, CA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Battleford, CA	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Poplar 2 E, US	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Jacksonville, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1924	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	32 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1924. 1924 had 129 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 5	78
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1