Weather Records on 19 October 2012

981 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 2012. Highest significance: Cooperstown, US.

Key Facts for 19 October 2012

On 19 October 2012, 981 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
823 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 947 daily.
Cooperstown set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 19 October 2012.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

981 stations

981 station records on 19 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Socorro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grambek	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uelzen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Callejones	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Alevina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McAllen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bohicon	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hannover	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valga	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barth	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

981 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 529, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 294, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	529
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	294
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 947.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

822 broken records

Margins by which the 822 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 2012

Top 20 records on 19 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 2012	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Raymondville, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Chemnitz, DE	daily high max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	La Union, MX	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Weslaco, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Glens Falls AP, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	23.7 C (74.7 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	137 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	24.1 C (75.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	137 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Mont-de-Marsan, FR	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Santa Cruz, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Bjelasnica, BA	daily high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Zugspitze, DE	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Putbus, DE	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	137 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Halle, DE	daily high max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2012	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	40 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

1806 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2012. 2012 had 981 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	496
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	296
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 2026-10-14 (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).