Weather Records on 12 October 1941

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1941. Highest significance: Jalugudi, IN.

Key Facts for 12 October 1941

On 12 October 1941, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 226 daily.
Jalugudi set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 12 October 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 12 October 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mawphlang Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 12 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 226.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1941

Top 20 records on 12 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1941	Jalugudi, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1941	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1941	Boggabri (Penryn), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1941	Badgam, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1941	Lightning Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1941	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Begusarai, IN	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Richfield Radio Ksvc, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Corinne, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Shillong, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Yerevan, AM	daily low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	North Bridgton, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Colfax, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Uman, UA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Paragonah, US	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1941	Ash Fork 6 N, US	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	20 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1941. 1941 had 226 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	153
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1