Weather Records on 10 October 2012

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 2012. Highest significance: Derbent, RU.

Key Facts for 10 October 2012

On 10 October 2012, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 452 daily.
Derbent set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 10 October 2012.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 10 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sektagli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zilair	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saniat Rmel	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laurinburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheb	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid/Getafe	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record low minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koror	Palau	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cernuska	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Long Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hilgenroth	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koln-Stammheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logrono-Agoncillo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eindhoven	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toora-Hem	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huesca	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alponocan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Charleston Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heinsberg-Schleiden	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Loreto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Teul de Gonzalez Ortega (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Funchal/S.Catarina	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 10 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 10 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 2012

Top 20 records on 10 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 2012	Derbent, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 October 2012	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Sektagli, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	La Union, MX	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Newberry, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	116 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Little Mtn, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Dandong, CN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Poset, RU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Partizansk, RU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Turgaj, KZ	daily high max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Sosunovo, RU	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Seward, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Obluce, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Lincoln, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Belle Plaine, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Minusinsk, RU	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 2012	Ekimchan, RU	daily high min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 462 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	338
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1