Weather Records on 12 October 1957

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1957. Highest significance: Winkelman 6 S, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1957

On 12 October 1957, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 463 daily.
Winkelman 6 S set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 12 October 1957.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 12 October 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Porte	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Agronomy Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1957

Top 20 records on 12 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1957	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Kelowna, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Black Lake, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Centralia, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Osterley, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Tarkio, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Mount Pleasant, AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Springer, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Cowles, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Jemez Springs, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Tajique 4 N, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Saint Johns, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Bandelier Nm, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1957	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	39 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1957. 1957 had 473 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	768

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 October 1957
Margin	Records
0 to 10	320
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3