Weather Records on 12 October 1952

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1952. Highest significance: Bream Creek (Stroud), AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1952

On 12 October 1952, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 341 daily.
Bream Creek (Stroud) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 12 October 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 12 October 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tundi	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Voewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malkangiri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Many Peaks Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kipahulu 258	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newbicup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 12 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

282 broken records

Margins by which the 282 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1952

Top 20 records on 12 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1952	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1952	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1952	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1952	Nigriting, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1952	Coondapur, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1952	Udipi, IN	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1952	Sadiya India, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1952	Ohotsk, RU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1952	Churchman Brook, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Imphal (C.Hosp), IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Palamner, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Mountain View Birdseye, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Dewan, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Astrakan, RU	daily high max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Malvern, GB	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	50 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1952	Maibong, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	27 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1952. 1952 had 352 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	255
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2