Weather Records on 12 October 1927

195 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1927. Highest significance: Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1927

On 12 October 1927, 195 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 194 daily.
Geelong Salines (Moolap) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 12 October 1927.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

195 stations

195 station records on 12 October 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tilcha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

195 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 12 October 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

176 broken records

Margins by which the 176 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 36.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1927

Top 20 records on 12 October 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1927	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1927	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1927	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1927	Masset Airport, CA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1927	State College, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1927	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Charleston, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Warsaw, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Toronto, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Marion, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Moxley, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1927	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	23 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1927. 1927 had 195 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	83
5 to 10	38
10 to 15	25
15 to 20	12
20 to 25	10
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	3