Weather Records on 12 October 2005

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2005. Highest significance: Setauket Strong, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 2005

On 12 October 2005, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
591 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 834 daily.
Setauket Strong set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 12 October 2005.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 12 October 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wertsville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teterboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayling Island	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao Fish Hatchery	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Tigre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santiaguillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria/Foronda	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aratichanguio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney 16N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ejido de Llano Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shokan Brown Station	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 262, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 329, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 October 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	262
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	329
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 October 2005 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 834.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2005

Top 20 records on 12 October 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2005	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	103 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2005	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2005	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2005	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Riverhead Rsch Farm, US	monthly rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Toms River, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	New Milford, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Wertsville 4 NE, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Cope Rch, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Tilzapotla, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Mina, MX	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Salekhard, RU	daily high min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Malvern, GB	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Arhangelsk, RU	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Eastbourne, GB	monthly high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Georgetown, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Teterboro AP, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2005	Kandalaksa, RU	monthly high max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	81 years	43 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2005. 2005 had 872 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 2005-10-12: 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 20	643
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2