Weather Records on 12 October 2026

892 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 2026. Highest significance: Ruhnu, LV.

Key Facts for 12 October 2026

On 12 October 2026, 892 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
619 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 866 daily.
Ruhnu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.8 mm (2.2 in) on 12 October 2026 (provisional).
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

892 stations

892 station records on 12 October 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rezekne	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	256.0 mm (10.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jelgava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Durango Dgo.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefork #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico City	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salina 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosette	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snowbird	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Kelly Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brady 27 ENE (the Knees)	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

892 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 334, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 12 October 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	334
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 12 October 2026 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 866.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

719 broken records

Margins by which the 719 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 2026

Top 20 records on 12 October 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 2026	Ruhnu, LV	monthly rain (Provisional)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	113 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 October 2026	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain (Provisional)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	124 years	78 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2026	Tooma, EE	monthly rain (Provisional)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	76 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2026	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily snowfall (Provisional)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	130 years	76 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2026	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain (Provisional)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	99 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2026	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	all-time rain (Provisional)	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	0 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2026	Rezekne, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2026	Bagdad, US	daily rain (Provisional)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 2026	Ristna, EE	monthly rain (Provisional)	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Mishima, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Kolka, LV	monthly rain (Provisional)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Rucava, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Akita, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	256.0 mm (10.1 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Jelgava, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Eureka, US	daily rain (Provisional)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Durango Dgo., MX	daily rain (Provisional)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	monthly rain (Provisional)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Ford City 4 S Dam, US	daily rain (Provisional)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Callao, US	monthly rain (Provisional)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 2026	Natural Brg, US	daily rain (Provisional)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	49 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2026. 2026 had 892 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	892

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	700
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1