Weather Records on 12 October 2000

1,095 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2000. Highest significance: Tiirikoja, EE.

Key Facts for 12 October 2000

On 12 October 2000, 1,095 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 544 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,070 daily.
Tiirikoja set a daily record precipitation of 30.1 mm (1.2 in) on 12 October 2000.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,095 stations

1,095 station records on 12 October 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiirikoja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Twin Bridges	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tanami Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Botieve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Egvekinot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Almdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sundsvalls Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Fap Guillermo Concha	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrktasjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laxbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geyser Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Y Lightning Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,095 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 217, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 327, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 12 October 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	217
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	327
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 12 October 2000 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 1,070.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

865 broken records

Margins by which the 865 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2000

Top 20 records on 12 October 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2000	Tiirikoja, EE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2000	Twin Bridges, US	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2000	Sun Rvr 4 S, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Tanami Downs, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	114 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Botieve, UA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Kramfors, SE	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Tombstone, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Holter Dam, US	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Egvekinot, RU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Almdalen, SE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Sundsvalls Flygplats, SE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Sidsjo, SE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Aiken 5SE, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Blackville 3 W, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Jogeva, EE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Gospic, HR	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2000	Capitan Fap Guillermo Concha, PE	all-time low min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	42 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2000. 2000 had 1,095 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 20	832
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1