Weather Records on 12 October 1959

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1959. Highest significance: Bird Island, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1959

On 12 October 1959, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 238 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 496 daily.
Bird Island set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 12 October 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 12 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Amreli	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dhandhuka	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cotija	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dharamjaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stettler	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks 1	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohiuddin Nagar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 12 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 12 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1959

Top 20 records on 12 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1959	Bird Island, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1959	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1959	Amreli, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Dhandhuka, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Ilav, IN	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Cotija, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Maple Plain, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Clark, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Farmington 3NW, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Crosby, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Prince Rupert, CA	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Ensay, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Raigarh, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1959	Jafrabad, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1959	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	34 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1959. 1959 had 501 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	375
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1