Weather Records on 12 October 1968

443 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1968. Highest significance: Gudiyatham, IN.

Key Facts for 12 October 1968

On 12 October 1968, 443 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 438 daily.
Gudiyatham set a daily record precipitation of 88.0 mm (3.5 in) on 12 October 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

443 stations

443 station records on 12 October 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barra da Estiva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aracatu (Sao Pedro)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarhole	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balecove	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neah Bay 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cornucopia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kosch-Agach	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astor Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

443 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 October 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 October 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 438.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1968

Top 20 records on 12 October 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1968	Gudiyatham, IN	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1968	Clover Valley, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1968	Riva, IT	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1968	Ituacu, BR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1968	Puttur, IN	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1968	Melur, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1968	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1968	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1968	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily low max	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Timovskoe, RU	daily low max	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Corinne, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Talavadi, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Olekminsk, RU	daily low min	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Mill Creek, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Barra da Estiva, BR	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Quatsino, CA	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Channarayapatna, IN	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1968	Ukiah, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	29 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1968. 1968 had 443 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 10	320
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1