Weather Records on 12 October 1979

898 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1979. Highest significance: Trentham (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1979

On 12 October 1979, 898 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
407 were record highs and 280 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 887 daily.
Trentham (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 12 October 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

898 stations

898 station records on 12 October 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	137.8 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere (Acacia House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poatina (Billopp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koskats	Sweden	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atequiza Normal Rural	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

898 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 327, Lowest daily maximum 216, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 12 October 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	327
Lowest daily maximum	216
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 12 October 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 887.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1979

Top 20 records on 12 October 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1979	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1979	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1979	Jokkmokk, SE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Genoa, IT	daily rain	137.8 mm (5.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	125 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Cherry Gardens, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Windermere (Acacia House), AU	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Vologda, RU	monthly rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Myrtle Bank (Lanoma), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Railton (Cement Australia), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Haparanda, SE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Kapuskasing A, CA	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Storrs, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Poatina (Billopp), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Hyannis, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Clinton, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Meander, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Perkins, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1979	Marquette, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	38 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1979. 1979 had 898 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 25	704
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2