Weather Records on 4 October 2012

864 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 2012. Highest significance: Wishek, US.

Key Facts for 4 October 2012

On 4 October 2012, 864 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
319 were record highs and 270 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 838 daily.
Wishek set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 4 October 2012.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

864 stations

864 station records on 4 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Luchow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thief Rvr Falls 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lenzen/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jomala Jomalaby	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uusikaupunki Nervanderinpuisto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hankensbuttel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Power 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barter Island WSO AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huittinen Sallila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parainen Uto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

864 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 190, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 4 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	190
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 4 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 2012

Top 20 records on 4 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 2012	Wishek, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	107 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2012	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2012	Waren, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2012	Uccle, BE	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2012	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	118 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2012	Luchow, DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2012	Ada, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	116 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 October 2012	Thief Rvr Falls 2, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Lenzen/Elbe, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Cavalier 7NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Jomala Jomalaby, FI	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Edmore 4NW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	113 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Drake 9 NE, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Bowman, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Uusikaupunki Nervanderinpuisto, FI	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2012	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	48 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

1795 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2012. 2012 had 864 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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Data for records on 2012-10-04: 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	585
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1