Weather Records on 12 November 2012

1,008 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 2012. Highest significance: Quincy, US.

Key Facts for 12 November 2012

On 12 November 2012, 1,008 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
383 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 983 daily.
Quincy set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 November 2012.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,008 stations

1,008 station records on 12 November 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Judith Gap	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Preobrazhenie	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini	Italy	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grosseto	Italy	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dodson 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chelan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meacham	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chelan	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harare (Kutsaga)	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,008 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 12 November 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 12 November 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 983.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

797 broken records

Margins by which the 797 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 2012

Top 20 records on 12 November 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 2012	Quincy, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2012	Judith Gap, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 November 2012	Preobrazhenie, RU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	White Lake 1 SE, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Murgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Sigourney, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Rimini, IT	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Cairo 3N, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Melville 4 W, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Brownsville, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Kenton, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Grosseto, IT	daily rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	173.9 mm (6.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Sosunovo, RU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Watertown, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Ritzville 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.1 cm (0.8 in)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 2012	Wynne, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	44 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 1,008 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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 2026-10-15 (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 50	769
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1