Weather Records on 12 July 1919

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1919. Highest significance: Kalmar_D, SE.

Key Facts for 12 July 1919

On 12 July 1919, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 56 daily.
Kalmar_D set a daily record precipitation of 42.6 mm (1.7 in) on 12 July 1919.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 12 July 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tittybong Pine Grove Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mitiamo 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 31.

Records on 12 July 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1919

Top 20 records on 12 July 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1919	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1919	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1919	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1919	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Tittybong Pine Grove Farm, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Stuarts Creek, AU	daily rain	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Port Augusta West, AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Port Germein (Telowie), AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Jumping Sand Hill Well, AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Morgantown 1, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Tyntynder Station, AU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	13 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Needles, US	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	6 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Mitiamo 1, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Port Arthur, CA	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1919	Quinyambie, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	31 years	13 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1919. 1919 had 56 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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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	39
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1