Weather Records on 12 October 1944

274 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1944. Highest significance: Shiggaon, IN.

Key Facts for 12 October 1944

On 12 October 1944, 274 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 270 daily.
Shiggaon set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 12 October 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

274 stations

274 station records on 12 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

274 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 55.

Records on 12 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1944

Top 20 records on 12 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1944	Shiggaon, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1944	Vadgaon (Maval), IN	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1944	Turaiyur, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1944	Attur, IN	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Vilatnikulam, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Poona, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Khandala, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Alexandria, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Ahmadnagar, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Healdsburg, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Vale, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	McCall, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Houston Wb City, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Jackson 4 NW, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Buhl, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Huntington, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Niulii 179, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Steveston, CA	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1944	Sinnar, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	22 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1944. 1944 had 274 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	185
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2