Weather Records on 12 October 1962

971 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1962. Highest significance: Susanville 2SW, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1962

On 12 October 1962, 971 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
594 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 894 daily.
Susanville 2SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 12 October 1962.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

971 stations

971 station records on 12 October 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	286.3 mm (11.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Centerville Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wrights	United States	Record daily precipitation	350.3 mm (13.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dunnigan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Camptonville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Loongana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kelseyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolaus	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Farnham Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ovid 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
James Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

971 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 420, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 October 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	420
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 October 1962 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 62, daily 894.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

768 broken records

Margins by which the 768 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1962

Top 20 records on 12 October 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1962	Susanville 2SW, US	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	De Sabla, US	all-time rain	286.3 mm (11.3 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Centerville Ph, US	all-time rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Gyshgy, TM	monthly rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Wrights, US	all-time rain	350.3 mm (13.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Berkeley, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Mineral, US	all-time rain	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Represa, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Vacaville, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Grass Valley, US	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Chico UNIV Farm, US	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Dobbins Colgate Foreba, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Dunnigan, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	McCloud, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1962	Greenville, US	monthly rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1962	Gold Run 4 SW, US	monthly rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1962	Las Plumas, US	all-time rain	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1962	Walnut Creek 2 ESE, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	58 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1962. 1962 had 971 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	734
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1