Weather Records on 8 July 1912

60 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1912. Highest significance: Sydney, CA.

Key Facts for 8 July 1912

On 8 July 1912, 60 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 53 daily.
Sydney set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 20.6 C (69.1 F) on 8 July 1912.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

60 stations

60 station records on 8 July 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castlemaine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kyamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nicola Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

60 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 27.

Records on 8 July 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1912 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 3, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 26.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1912

Top 20 records on 8 July 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1912	Sydney, CA	all-time high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1912	Bright Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Halifax, CA	all-time high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Castlemaine, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	St Arnaud, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Stawell, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Alexandra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Albury, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Whroo, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Southampton, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Parry Sound, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Wahgunyah, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1912	Concord, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	18 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

1793 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1912. 1912 had 60 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	30
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1