Weather Records on 12 July 1914

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1914. Highest significance: Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA.

Key Facts for 12 July 1914

On 12 July 1914, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 52 daily.
Winnipeg St Johns Coll set a monthly record daily precipitation of 133.6 mm (5.3 in) on 12 July 1914.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 12 July 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 22.

Records on 12 July 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1914 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1914

Top 20 records on 12 July 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1914	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	monthly rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1914	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Vastervik, SE	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Truro, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Galway, IE	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high min	17.6 C (63.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Truro, CA	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Saint John, CA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1914	Minimay (Booroopki), AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	1 year	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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1914. 1914 had 57 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	740
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,100

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Data for records on 1914-07-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	38
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1