Weather Records on 12 October 1930

606 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1930. Highest significance: Lakin, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1930

On 12 October 1930, 606 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 582 daily.
Lakin set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.3 mm (3.4 in) on 12 October 1930.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

606 stations

606 station records on 12 October 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uriarra (Woodside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wanalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warkworth 1 Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wonwondah (Mount Zero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

606 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 October 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 October 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

517 broken records

Margins by which the 517 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1930

Top 20 records on 12 October 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1930	Lakin, US	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Benerembah, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Colbinabbin, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Obley, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Mason City, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Blackville (Welton Dale), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Merriwa (Merry Vale), AU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Cootamundra (Landgrove), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Glenbie, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Uriarra (Woodside), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1930	Noorong, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	41 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

1805 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1930. 1930 had 606 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 20	456
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1