Weather Records on 12 October 2012

921 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2012. Highest significance: Gorjacinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 12 October 2012

On 12 October 2012, 921 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 909 daily.
Gorjacinsk set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 12 October 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

921 stations

921 station records on 12 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Charleyong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Hawks Head Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Verona (Shiloh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Lower (Araluen Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pahranagat Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Blanchards Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn Tafe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex Inlet Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ainslie Tyson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Numeralla (Badja Composite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merchant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

921 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 394, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 909.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

759 broken records

Margins by which the 759 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2012

Top 20 records on 12 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2012	Gorjacinsk, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2012	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	82 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2012	Nelligen (Thule Road), AU	daily rain	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2012	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	121 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2012	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2012	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2012	Bendalong Stp, AU	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Charleyong, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Brogo (Hawks Head Road), AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	St George, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	110 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra, AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Ittoqqortoormiit, GL	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Lower Boro (Calderwood), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Snowball, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2012	Boise City 2 E, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	52 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2012. 2012 had 921 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2012-10-12: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	705
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1