Weather Records on 12 October 1943

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1943. Highest significance: Tbilisi, GE.

Key Facts for 12 October 1943

On 12 October 1943, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 410 daily.
Tbilisi set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 12 October 1943.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 12 October 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yarima	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jankia	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hardy Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 October 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 October 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1943

Top 20 records on 12 October 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1943	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Kopargaon, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Oakdale, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Lambertina, ZA	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Clinton, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Altamura, ZA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Overdene, ZA	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Barletta, ZA	all-time rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Flora, ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Ft Smith, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1943	Thammampatty, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1943	Tweespruit, ZA	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1943	Henderson, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	33 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1943. 1943 had 418 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	279
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	4