Weather Records on 12 October 2016

374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2016. Highest significance: Komrat, MD.

Key Facts for 12 October 2016

On 12 October 2016, 374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 355 daily.
Komrat set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 12 October 2016.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

374 stations

374 station records on 12 October 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Komrat	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Sulina	Romania	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Botosani	Romania	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bacau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Iasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mohyliv-Podilskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kornesty	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Varna	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leova	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Briceni	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Soroca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pisa	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Ambarcik	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soloneshnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sofia	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boutilimit	Mauritania	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosholt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mullheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camenca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ytterhogdal	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chelan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carpiquet	France	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umea_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

374 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 12 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 12 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2016

Top 20 records on 12 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2016	Komrat, MD	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	78 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2016	Sulina, RO	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2016	Chernivtsi, UA	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2016	Lankaran, AZ	monthly rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2016	Conrad, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	105 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2016	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	111 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2016	Botosani, RO	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2016	Lviv, UA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Bel'cy, MD	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Bacau, RO	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Iasi, RO	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Mohyliv-Podilskyi, UA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Odesa, UA	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	121 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Galati, RO	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Kornesty, MD	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Chinook, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Varna, BG	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2016	Adel, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	116 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

1805 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2016. 2016 had 374 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

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	269
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	2