Weather Records on 12 October 1981

1,201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1981. Highest significance: Walgett Council Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1981

On 12 October 1981, 1,201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 387 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,161 daily.
Walgett Council Depot set a daily record precipitation of 62.6 mm (2.5 in) on 12 October 1981.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,201 stations

1,201 station records on 12 October 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rozdilna	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thurber 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nokomis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge (Guiseley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Novomirgorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boyd	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.3 cm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotonosha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldine	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Dithmarschen Helse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roy 8 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harb	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,201 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 263, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 465, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 12 October 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	263
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	465
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 12 October 1981 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 37, daily 1,161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,013 broken records

Margins by which the 1,013 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1981

Top 20 records on 12 October 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1981	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Archer City 2W, US	all-time rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Grass Range, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Lewistown AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Tahoka, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Semans, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Chinook, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Post, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Drummond Aviation, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1981	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Emerson, CA	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Grass Range, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Brusett 3 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Lustre 4 NNW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Forks 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Caninde, BR	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Mayville, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Swan River, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1981	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	51 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1981. 1981 had 1,201 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	948
50 to 100	43
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1