Weather Records on 12 October 1928

714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1928. Highest significance: Tekamah, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1928

On 12 October 1928, 714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
472 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 668 daily.
Tekamah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 12 October 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

714 stations

714 station records on 12 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

714 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 301, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	301
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 46, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

607 broken records

Margins by which the 607 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1928

Top 20 records on 12 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1928	Tekamah, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1928	Denison, US	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1928	Blair, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	Fairmont, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	Red Cloud, US	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	Franklin, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	York, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	David City 4E, US	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	Miles City, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	Bradshaw, US	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	W Pt, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1928	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1928	Dresden, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1928	Peterborough, CA	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1928	Toronto, CA	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1928	Carroll, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1928	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1928	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	52 years	30 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1928. 1928 had 714 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 10	569
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3