Weather Records on 12 July 1908

46 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1908. Highest significance: Colesberg (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 12 July 1908

On 12 July 1908, 46 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 42 daily.
Colesberg (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 12 July 1908.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

46 stations

46 station records on 12 July 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

46 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 11.

Records on 12 July 1908 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1908 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

37 broken records

Margins by which the 37 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 20.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1908

Top 20 records on 12 July 1908 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1908	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1908	Bredasdorp, ZA	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1908	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1908	Portland, US	all-time high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Robertson, ZA	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Port Stanley, CA	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Roermond, NL	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Concord, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Philadelphia City, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	32.3 C (90.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Charlottetown, CA	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	32.6 C (90.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1908	Washington, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1908

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1908. 1908 had 46 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1816	1
1821	2
1841	1
1847	2
1848	2
1850	3
1851	1
1858	1
1860	2
1866	1
1870	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	2
1903	11
1904	13
1905	28
1906	22
1907	19
1908	46
1909	24
1910	12
1911	93
1912	19
1913	20
1914	57
1915	16
1916	39
1917	163
1918	99
1919	56
1920	37
1921	94
1922	42
1923	85
1924	68
1925	231
1926	272
1927	84
1928	79
1929	137
1930	561
1931	309
1932	305
1933	609
1934	348
1935	379
1936	1,082
1937	353
1938	257
1939	509
1940	623
1941	796
1942	363
1943	421
1944	446
1945	1,118
1946	234
1947	319
1948	379
1949	357
1950	485
1951	765
1952	680
1953	688
1954	907
1955	263
1956	474
1957	381
1958	434
1959	459
1960	466
1961	606
1962	447
1963	418
1964	898
1965	457
1966	614
1967	502
1968	466
1969	745
1970	298
1971	538
1972	716
1973	633
1974	617
1975	1,321
1976	812
1977	377
1978	635
1979	555
1980	998
1981	645
1982	526
1983	955
1984	871
1985	558
1986	1,015
1987	1,189
1988	961
1989	559
1990	1,489
1991	1,028
1992	1,167
1993	1,443
1994	904
1995	1,070
1996	964
1997	800
1998	1,244
1999	1,397
2000	796
2001	856
2002	1,537
2003	910
2004	799
2005	1,068
2006	1,038
2007	749
2008	719
2009	707
2010	1,450
2011	1,468
2012	979
2013	570
2014	437
2015	618
2016	739
2017	586
2018	395
2019	595
2020	872
2021	827
2022	505
2023	835
2024	969
2025	567

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	29
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1