Weather Records on 1 October 2012

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 2012. Highest significance: Soyalo (Cfe), MX.

Key Facts for 1 October 2012

On 1 October 2012, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 570 daily.
Soyalo (Cfe) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 199.9 mm (7.9 in) on 1 October 2012.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 1 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kununurra Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eudora	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winona 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rybinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sardis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 207.

Records on 1 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 75, daily 570.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 2012

Top 20 records on 1 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 2012	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	all-time rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2012	Farmerville, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	113 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2012	Belzoni, US	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2012	Vaiden 1 SSW, US	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2012	Urakawa, JP	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2012	Stoneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2012	Enid Dam, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Bastrop, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	113 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Water Valley, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Pohnpei WSO, FM	daily rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Portland, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Kununurra Aero, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Eudora, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Machias, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Winona 5 E, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	La Union, MX	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Grand Lake Stream, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2012	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	49 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

1813 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2012. 2012 had 647 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	387
2026	550

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Data for records on 2012-10-01: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	440
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3