Weather Records on 12 October 1951

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1951. Highest significance: Powell Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1951

On 12 October 1951, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 389 daily.
Powell Creek set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 12 October 1951.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 12 October 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pithora	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkersdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baikunthpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pindron	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keolari	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 October 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1951

Top 20 records on 12 October 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1951	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Pithora, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Burrumbuttock (Holyrood), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Khairdatan, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Springs-Olympia Park, ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Walbundrie (Crediton Street), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Pte de Chassiron, FR	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Rupanyup (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Mahasamund, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Jindera Public School, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Mechanicville 2 S, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Irene, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1951	Jhb-Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1951	Tungamah, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1951	Jonkersdam, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1951	Zwartruggens (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1951	Baikunthpur, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1951	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	65 years	31 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1951. 1951 had 391 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	313
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1