Weather Records on 12 October 2017

1,068 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2017. Highest significance: Jondaryan Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 2017

On 12 October 2017, 1,068 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
491 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 1,054 daily.
Jondaryan Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 12 October 2017.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,068 stations

1,068 station records on 12 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Barrackdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pago Pago WSO AP	American Samoa [United States]	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterden (Balook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beardmore Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whittaker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dinton Vale (Berrilee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heathfield Works Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hannaford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Delvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,068 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 336, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 383, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 12 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	336
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	383
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 12 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 1,054.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

887 broken records

Margins by which the 887 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2017

Top 20 records on 12 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2017	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 October 2017	Barrackdale, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2017	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Pago Pago WSO AP, AS	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Haugan 1 W, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Urana Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Oberlin, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Tenterden (Balook), AU	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Beardmore Dam, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Whittaker, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Talwood State School, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Acmetonia Lock 3, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Sandersville, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	119 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Batesburg, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Little Mtn, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Inverell Research Centre, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2017	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	45 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2017. 2017 had 1,068 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 2026-10-17 (17 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	878
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1