Weather Records on 12 October 1987

1,530 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1987. Highest significance: Nord Odal, NO.

Key Facts for 12 October 1987

On 12 October 1987, 1,530 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 793 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,509 daily.
Nord Odal set a daily record precipitation of 39.3 mm (1.5 in) on 12 October 1987.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,530 stations

1,530 station records on 12 October 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anza	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baterod	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Babson Park 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Changde	China	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maridalsoset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Djurskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchang	China	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,530 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 398, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 395, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 October 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	398
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	395
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 October 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 1,509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,249 broken records

Margins by which the 1,249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1987

Top 20 records on 12 October 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1987	Nord Odal, NO	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1987	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1987	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1987	Weltevreden, ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Anza, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Oceanside Marina, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Naples, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Orroroo (Kylmorn), AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Halden, NO	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Orje, NO	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Ft Green 12 WSW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Mtn Lake, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Idyllwild Fire Dept, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Eidsvoll Verk, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Cologne, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Mena, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Ozark, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	Desoto City 8 SW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1987	La Belle, US	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	45 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1987. 1987 had 1,530 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 20	1,202
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1