Weather Records on 27 October 2012

991 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 2012. Highest significance: Ada, US.

Key Facts for 27 October 2012

On 27 October 2012, 991 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 456 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 935 daily.
Ada set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 27 October 2012.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

991 stations

991 station records on 27 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula Chis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emiliano Zapata	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maudal	Norway	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chengshantou	China	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schmieritz-Weltwitz	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Mesto	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skjak II	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kocevje	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

991 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 260, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 196, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 98.

Records on 27 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	260
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	196
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	98

Records on 27 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 56, daily 935.

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 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 2012

Top 20 records on 27 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 2012	Ada, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	116 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2012	Biskra, DZ	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2012	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Nis, RS	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Ada, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Kosice, SK	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Tapachula Chis, MX	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Emiliano Zapata, MX	monthly low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Imperial, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Taloga, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Marathon, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	El-Golea, DZ	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Pocahontas 1, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Vojsko, SI	daily rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Mancos 1SW, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2012	Ashland, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 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

1802 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2012. 2012 had 991 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	675
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	4