Weather Records on 12 May 1918

113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1918. Highest significance: Tolarno, AU.

Key Facts for 12 May 1918

On 12 May 1918, 113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 106 daily.
Tolarno set an all-time record daily precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 12 May 1918.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

113 stations

113 station records on 12 May 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thelangerin East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarrwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koomooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tareena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Culpotaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tilcha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nillera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

113 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 96.

Records on 12 May 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1918 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

104 broken records

Margins by which the 104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1918

Top 20 records on 12 May 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1918	Tolarno, AU	all-time rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1918	Manfred, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1918	Wunnamurra, AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1918	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1918	Bindara (Netley), AU	all-time rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1918	Kinchega, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Steam Plains 1, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Thelangerin East, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Paika, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Wentworth (Wamberra Station), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Tapio, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Springfield 3, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Albury, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Groongal (Groongal Station), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	State College, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1918	Hatfield (Clare), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	25 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

1814 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1918. 1918 had 113 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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	40
5 to 10	27
10 to 15	14
15 to 20	12
20 to 25	9
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1