Weather Records on 12 October 2021

1,294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2021. Highest significance: Sonnette 7 SW, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 2021

On 12 October 2021, 1,294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
378 were record highs and 440 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,267 daily.
Sonnette 7 SW set a monthly record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 12 October 2021.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,294 stations

1,294 station records on 12 October 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Richmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Biddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richmond	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Halepohaku 111	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Farley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
McCammon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Charleston Fire STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Litang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls 16 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leadore #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Congerville 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar City 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cody 12SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls 16 SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leiter 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laane-Nigula	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leadore #2	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,294 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 251, Highest daily minimum 287, Lowest daily minimum 189, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Heaviest daily snowfall 84, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 12 October 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	251
Highest daily minimum	287
Lowest daily minimum	189
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	84
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 12 October 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 1,267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,061 broken records

Margins by which the 1,061 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2021

Top 20 records on 12 October 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2021	Sonnette 7 SW, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Lakeview, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	118 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Chanthaburi, TH	daily rain	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Ely AP, US	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	121 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Lamar Rs, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	121 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Bright Angel Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Richmond, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Dachen Dao, CN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Biddle, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	102 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Richmond, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Halepohaku 111, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2021	Rapid City Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2021	Betatakin, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2021	Sonnette 7 SW, US	monthly snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2021	Farley Station, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2021	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2021	Galva, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2021	Khlong Yai, TH	daily rain	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	120.3 mm (4.7 in)	38 years	55 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2021. 2021 had 1,294 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	966
50 to 100	52
100 to 150	31
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3