Weather Records on 28 October 2012

1,097 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 2012. Highest significance: Cass Lake, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 2012

On 28 October 2012, 1,097 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
314 were record highs and 470 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 110 monthly and 986 daily.
Cass Lake set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 28 October 2012.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

1,097 stations

1,097 station records on 28 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Spas-Demensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Malojaroslavec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Naro-Fominsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	194.7 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skei I Jolster	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart/Echterdingen	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haukedal	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Livny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tulum	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alsea Fh (Fall Creek)	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emiliano Zapata	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humpty Doo Collard Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ocracoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savusavu Airfield	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,097 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 214, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 256, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 124.

Records on 28 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	214
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	256
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	124

Records on 28 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 110, daily 986.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

910 broken records

Margins by which the 910 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 2012

Top 20 records on 28 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 2012	Cass Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	102 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2012	Anucino, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2012	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 October 2012	Spas-Demensk, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Malojaroslavec, RU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Oceana NAS, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Moscow, RU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Naro-Fominsk, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Fada N'Gourma, BF	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Dongfang, CN	monthly rain	194.7 mm (7.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Briksdal, NO	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Skei I Jolster, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Mozajsk, RU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Jimba Jimba, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Albany, AU	daily high max	30.4 C (86.7 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	all-time rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Nossen, DE	monthly snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 2012	Myklebust I Breim, NO	monthly snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	65 years	43 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 1,097 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,140
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,435
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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 50	865
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1