Weather Records on 12 October 1996

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1996. Highest significance: Alni, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1996

On 12 October 1996, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 793 daily.
Alni set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 12 October 1996.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 12 October 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nome AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Una (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Las Perlas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westmoreland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Old Bakery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bataquez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rivadavia	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matiwa (B0S)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 254, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 October 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	254
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 October 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 793.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1996

Top 20 records on 12 October 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1996	Alni, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1996	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1996	Kenai AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1996	Nome AP, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Kenai AP, US	monthly snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Eielson Fld, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Hermidale Tank, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Ayutla, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Highlands, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Cobar Mo, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Una (Agr), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Ascencion (Smn), MX	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Tarkio, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Las Perlas, MX	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Beloit, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Socorro, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1996	Mohonk Lake, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	92 years	39 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1996. 1996 had 816 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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Data for records on 1996-10-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	547
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	3