Weather Records on 12 October 1932

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1932. Highest significance: Willunga, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1932

On 12 October 1932, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 391 daily.
Willunga set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 12 October 1932.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 12 October 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 12 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1932

Top 20 records on 12 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1932	Willunga, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Meningie, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Mallala, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Two Wells, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Aldinga Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Perumpavur, IN	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Roseworthy, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Langhorne Creek 2, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Port Victoria, AU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Smithfield, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Milang, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Langhorne Creek, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Vaikom, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1932	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	42 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1932. 1932 had 398 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	306
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1