Weather Records on 12 October 2022

439 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2022. Highest significance: Gunbower Gee Tee Stud, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 2022

On 12 October 2022, 439 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 436 daily.
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 12 October 2022.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

439 stations

439 station records on 12 October 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Boigbeat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Slaty Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah (Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mayport Pilot STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa Wtr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre (Avon No.3)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Point Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mathews	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moses Lake Grant Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanzhong	China	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zhumadian	China	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Qinzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bondurant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wanyuan	China	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Rsch Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ferris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oran	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford (Ovens Research Sta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Qumarleb	China	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Youyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vadnais Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Quiaca Observato	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pirlangimpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hefei	China	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tawau	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

439 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 73.

Records on 12 October 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2022

Top 20 records on 12 October 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2022	Gunbower Gee Tee Stud, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2022	Boigbeat, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2022	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	120 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2022	Woomera (Mahanewo), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Biloxi, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Purnea, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Cleveland, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Dingee, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Pasighat, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Sym, RU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Sarajevo, BA	daily low max	1.5 C (34.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Forks 1 E, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Sugar Land, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Cradock (Slaty Creek), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Numurkah (Golf Club), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Mayport Pilot STN, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Tallapoosa Wtr Plt, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2022	Happy Camp Rs, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	37 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2022. 2022 had 439 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 October 2022
Margin	Records
0 to 10	324
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2