Weather Records on 1 August 1912

49 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1912. Highest significance: Halden, NO.

Key Facts for 1 August 1912

On 1 August 1912, 49 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 48 daily.
Halden set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 1 August 1912.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

49 stations

49 station records on 1 August 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Tragowell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Piangil (Burra Burra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

49 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 20.

Records on 1 August 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 17.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1912

Top 20 records on 1 August 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1912	Halden, NO	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Gravenhurst, CA	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Armagh, GB	daily low max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Varberg, SE	monthly rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Portland, US	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Concord, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Kerang, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Kerang (Tragowell), AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Woodstock, CA	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Galway, IE	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Merrowie North, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Piangil (Burra Burra), AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	5 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Edmonton, CA	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Port Stanley, CA	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	9 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	12 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	21 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1912	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 years	12 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

1797 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1912. 1912 had 49 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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 3	22
3 to 5	8
5 to 8	2
8 to 10	1
10 to 13	1
13 to 15	0
15 to 18	2