Weather Records on 12 October 2001

1,194 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2001. Highest significance: Hernando, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 2001

On 12 October 2001, 1,194 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
492 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,161 daily.
Hernando set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 12 October 2001.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,194 stations

1,194 station records on 12 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Plains (Cataract Falls)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reform	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nolin Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buras	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gray (Craigie-Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lagrange	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lambert 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dearborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rohwer 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernheim Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,194 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 227, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 265, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 591, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 12 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	227
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	265
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	591
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 12 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 1,161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

980 broken records

Margins by which the 980 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2001

Top 20 records on 12 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2001	Hernando, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	82 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2001	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2001	Mt Pleasant 4SW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2001	Elatma, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Senatobia, US	monthly rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Holly Springs 4 N, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Snug Plains (Cataract Falls), AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Batesville, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Ft Duchesne, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Walwa, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Des Arc, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Georgetown, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Haleyville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Bardstown 5E, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Riomedina, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Hiroo, JP	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Newton 6 SSE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Reform, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2001	Russellville, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	47 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2001. 2001 had 1,194 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	871
20 to 40	75
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3