Weather Records on 12 October 1948

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1948. Highest significance: Jeparit, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1948

On 12 October 1948, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 299 daily.
Jeparit set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.7 mm (2.3 in) on 12 October 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

311 stations

311 station records on 12 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yatina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkanika	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 211.

Records on 12 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

270 broken records

Margins by which the 270 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1948

Top 20 records on 12 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1948	Jeparit, AU	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1948	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1948	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1948	Thule, AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1948	Whitemark, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Podili(Podile), IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Villa Nora (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Millwood (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1948	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	37 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1948. 1948 had 311 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	194
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2