Weather Records on 3 October 2012

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2012. Highest significance: Turtle Lake, US.

Key Facts for 3 October 2012

On 3 October 2012, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 722 daily.
Turtle Lake set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 3 October 2012.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 3 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eersel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maarheeze	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aasiaat	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tiel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zaltbommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halliday	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buchten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geldermalsen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harskamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley 9S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halliday	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Terry 21 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culemborg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wageningen (Pd)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loma	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 3 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 3 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 55, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2012

Top 20 records on 3 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2012	Turtle Lake, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2012	Desoto City 8 SW, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Savage, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Eersel, NL	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	La Union, MX	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Maarheeze, NL	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Minot Intl AP, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Aasiaat, GL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Hachijojima, JP	daily rain	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Zetten, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Cuyamaca, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Tejon Rancho, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Tiel, NL	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Dover, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Melville 4 W, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Zaltbommel, NL	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Oak Ridge Rsvr, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2012	Moscow U of I, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 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

1834 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2012. 2012 had 778 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

Download the Data

Data for records on 2012-10-03: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	558
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2