Weather Records on 12 October 2024

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2024. Highest significance: Kherson, UA.

Key Facts for 12 October 2024

On 12 October 2024, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
860 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 947 daily.
Kherson set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 12 October 2024.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 12 October 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Tashir	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Efimovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Climax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Topeka Forbes Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe Johnson Co Ind AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lough Navar Forest	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hayling Island	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Two Rivers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raton Muni Crews Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Hinkley AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 497, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 363, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 12 October 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	497
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	363
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 12 October 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 947.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

739 broken records

Margins by which the 739 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2024

Top 20 records on 12 October 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2024	Kherson, UA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	129 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 October 2024	Uman, UA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2024	Tashir, AM	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2024	Aparan, AM	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2024	Efimovskaja, RU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Baevo, RU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Lubny, UA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Trang, TH	monthly rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Kirovohrad, UA	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Portales, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Allerton, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Worland, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Iowa City, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	124 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Craig, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Haines AP, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2024	Muscatine, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	36 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2024. 2024 had 958 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 10	714
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2