Weather Records on 12 October 1990

1,325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1990. Highest significance: Louisville 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1990

On 12 October 1990, 1,325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
598 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,287 daily.
Louisville 1 E set an all-time record daily precipitation of 417.1 mm (16.4 in) on 12 October 1990.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,325 stations

1,325 station records on 12 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	417.1 mm (16.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Swainsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Club Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ninety Nine Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bath	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franco da Rocha (Hosp.Juqueri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newington	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup (Srw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,325 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 249, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 349, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 509, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	249
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	349
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	509
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 27, daily 1,287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,139 broken records

Margins by which the 1,139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 146.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1990

Top 20 records on 12 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1990	Louisville 1 E, US	all-time rain	417.1 mm (16.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 October 1990	Santuck, US	daily rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	96 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Lumber City, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	79 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Lockhart, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Midville, US	all-time rain	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Batesburg, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Laurens, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Dublin, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Swainsboro, US	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Douglas, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Warrenton, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1990	Rimini 2 SSW, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1990	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1990. 1990 had 1,325 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	947
20 to 40	112
40 to 60	44
60 to 80	19
80 to 100	12
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1