Weather Records on 12 October 2007

566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2007. Highest significance: Sussex 1 NW, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 2007

On 12 October 2007, 566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 554 daily.
Sussex 1 NW set a daily record precipitation of 70.9 mm (2.8 in) on 12 October 2007.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

566 stations

566 station records on 12 October 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tapilula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Montt	Chile	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pampa #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thangool Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banchory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
"Kageon" Dawes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Cuxtepeques	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gdov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de Los Toros	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Tepetitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macalister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huehuetan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Triunfo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Innset I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rowanlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yushu	China	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fig Tree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Francisco Rueda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saetermoen II	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaolack	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

566 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 12 October 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 12 October 2007 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2007

Top 20 records on 12 October 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2007	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Tapilula, MX	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Puerto Montt, CL	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Nikolaevskoe, RU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Pampa #2, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Bonners Ferry, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Presque Isle, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Raglan, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Thangool Airport, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Bradford, GB	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Houlton AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Banchory, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	"Kageon" Dawes, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Finca Cuxtepeques, MX	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Mount Larcom Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2007	Crescent Head, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	36 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2007. 2007 had 566 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	385
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1