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Weather Records on 12 July 1920

37 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1920. Highest significance: Lawrence, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 1920

  • On 12 July 1920, 37 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 4 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 36 daily.
  • Lawrence set a monthly record daily precipitation of 175.8 mm (6.9 in) on 12 July 1920.
  • Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

37 stations
Weather records on 12 July 1920 37 station records on 12 July 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
37 station records on 12 July 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 12 July 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
LawrenceUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation175.8 mm (6.9 in)73 of 100 (Major)
JokkmokkSwedenRecord daily precipitation39.2 mm (1.5 in)51 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l ACanadaRecord daily precipitation38.4 mm (1.5 in)47 of 100 (Notable)
WarenGermanyRecord daily precipitation71.4 mm (2.8 in)46 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/FohrGermanyRecord daily precipitation30.8 mm (1.2 in)33 of 100 (Routine)
Parry SoundCanadaRecord daily precipitation41.1 mm (1.6 in)25 of 100 (Routine)
WestminsterCanadaRecord daily precipitation32.5 mm (1.3 in)22 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-SahalinskijRussiaRecord daily precipitation24.9 mm (1.0 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
OrenburgRussiaRecord daily precipitation13.4 mm (0.5 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe DownsAustraliaRecord daily precipitation16.0 mm (0.6 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
ToulbyAustraliaRecord daily precipitation10.2 mm (0.4 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
AstoriaUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation16.8 mm (0.7 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
YarmouthCanadaRecord daily precipitation26.4 mm (1.0 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl APUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation36.8 mm (1.4 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
WeldonUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation36.8 mm (1.4 in)19 of 100 (Routine)
New WestminsterCanadaRecord low maximum temperature15.0 C (59.0 F)18 of 100 (Routine)
BeatriceCanadaRecord daily precipitation5.6 mm (0.22 in)18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc CityUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation19.3 mm (0.8 in)17 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/UniversiteAlgeriaRecord daily precipitation0.1 mm (0.00 in)16 of 100 (Routine)
EskdaleAustraliaRecord daily precipitation16.5 mm (0.6 in)15 of 100 (Routine)
UccleBelgiumRecord daily precipitation28.0 mm (1.1 in)15 of 100 (Routine)
YaltaUkraineRecord daily precipitation15.8 mm (0.6 in)14 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl APUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation5.8 mm (0.23 in)13 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head CdaCanadaRecord low minimum temperature3.3 C (37.9 F)11 of 100 (Routine)
LeominsterUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation23.6 mm (0.9 in)11 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc CityUnited StatesRecord low maximum temperature15.6 C (60.1 F)11 of 100 (Routine)
TomskRussiaRecord high minimum temperature18.1 C (64.6 F)10 of 100 (Routine)
Texas StationAustraliaRecord daily precipitation15.7 mm (0.6 in)8 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-ArrenjarkaSwedenRecord high minimum temperature14.0 C (57.2 F)7 of 100 (Routine)
HermannsburgAustraliaRecord daily precipitation10.4 mm (0.4 in)6 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post OfficeAustraliaRecord daily precipitation8.6 mm (0.34 in)6 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)AlgeriaRecord high minimum temperature22.0 C (71.6 F)3 of 100 (Routine)
AstoriaUnited StatesRecord low maximum temperature15.6 C (60.1 F)3 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah PoolAustraliaRecord low maximum temperature11.7 C (53.1 F)2 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl APUnited StatesRecord low maximum temperature20.0 C (68.0 F)2 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-WerftGermanyRecord high minimum temperature15.6 C (60.1 F)1 of 100 (Routine)
PlymouthUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation21.8 mm (0.9 in)1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

37 records
Records on 12 July 1920 by type Records set or tied on 12 July 1920 by type: Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 27. 0102030Highest daily maximum: 0Lowest daily maximum: 5Highest daily minimum: 4Lowest daily minimum: 1Heaviest daily rainfall: 27Heaviest daily snowfall: 0Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 12 July 1920 by type: Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 27.
Records on 12 July 1920 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum0
Lowest daily maximum5
Highest daily minimum4
Lowest daily minimum1
Heaviest daily rainfall27
Heaviest daily snowfall0
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 12 July 1920 by timescale Records on 12 July 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 36. 010203040all-time: 0monthly: 1daily: 36all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 12 July 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 36.
Records on 12 July 1920 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly1
daily36

How Much Records Were Beaten By

31 broken records
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 July 1920 Margins by which the 31 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted. 051015200 to 10: 2010 to 20: 720 to 30: 130 to 40: 140 to 50: 050 to 60: 160 to 70: 070 to 80: 10 to 1010 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 to 80
Margins by which the 31 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 July 1920
MarginRecords
0 to 1020
10 to 207
20 to 301
30 to 401
40 to 500
50 to 601
60 to 700
70 to 801

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1920
Top 20 records on 12 July 1920 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
12 July 1920Lawrence, USmonthly rain175.8 mm (6.9 in)74.7 mm (2.9 in)58 years73 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1920Jokkmokk, SEdaily rain39.2 mm (1.5 in)21.3 mm (0.8 in)46 years51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1920Calgary Int'l A, CAdaily rain38.4 mm (1.5 in)30.0 mm (1.2 in)14 years47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1920Waren, DEdaily rain71.4 mm (2.8 in)59.8 mm (2.4 in)13 years46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1920Wrixum/Fohr, DEdaily rain30.8 mm (1.2 in)19.8 mm (0.8 in)4 years33 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Parry Sound, CAdaily rain41.1 mm (1.6 in)17.5 mm (0.7 in)15 years25 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Westminster, CAdaily rain32.5 mm (1.3 in)13.4 mm (0.5 in)35 years22 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RUdaily rain24.9 mm (1.0 in)13.6 mm (0.5 in)10 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Orenburg, RUdaily rain13.4 mm (0.5 in)7.4 mm (0.29 in)24 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Tempe Downs, AUdaily rain16.0 mm (0.6 in)15.5 mm (0.6 in)8 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Toulby, AUdaily rain10.2 mm (0.4 in)10.2 mm (0.4 in)32 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Astoria, USdaily rain16.8 mm (0.7 in)8.9 mm (0.35 in)20 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Yarmouth, CAdaily rain26.4 mm (1.0 in)7.3 mm (0.29 in)31 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Newark Liberty Intl AP, USdaily rain36.8 mm (1.4 in)12.2 mm (0.5 in)22 years20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Weldon, USdaily rain36.8 mm (1.4 in)8.9 mm (0.35 in)33 years19 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920New Westminster, CAdaily low max15.0 C (59.0 F)1.1 C (2.0 F)41 years18 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Beatrice, CAdaily rain5.6 mm (0.22 in)2.0 mm (0.08 in)40 years18 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Portland Rfc City, USdaily rain19.3 mm (0.8 in)2.0 mm (0.08 in)31 years17 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZdaily rain0.1 mm (0.00 in)0.1 mm (0.00 in)42 years16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1920Eskdale, AUdaily rain16.5 mm (0.6 in)4.1 mm (0.16 in)28 years15 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 1920
Records on 07-12 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 37 records. 05001,0001,5002,0001796: 11816: 11821: 21841: 11847: 21848: 21850: 31851: 11858: 11860: 21866: 11870: 21873: 11874: 21875: 11876: 21879: 11880: 21882: 11886: 41887: 11888: 41889: 11890: 41891: 31892: 21893: 11894: 41895: 71896: 31897: 21898: 11900: 21901: 51902: 21903: 111904: 131905: 281906: 221907: 191908: 461909: 241910: 121911: 931912: 191913: 201914: 571915: 161916: 391917: 1631918: 991919: 561920: 371921: 941922: 421923: 851924: 681925: 2311926: 2721927: 841928: 791929: 1371930: 5611931: 3091932: 3051933: 6091934: 3481935: 3791936: 1,0821937: 3531938: 2571939: 5091940: 6231941: 7961942: 3631943: 4211944: 4461945: 1,1181946: 2341947: 3191948: 3791949: 3571950: 4851951: 7651952: 6801953: 6881954: 9071955: 2631956: 4741957: 3811958: 4341959: 4591960: 4661961: 6061962: 4471963: 4181964: 8981965: 4571966: 6141967: 5021968: 4661969: 7451970: 2981971: 5381972: 7161973: 6331974: 6171975: 1,3211976: 8121977: 3771978: 6351979: 5551980: 9981981: 6451982: 5261983: 9551984: 8711985: 5581986: 1,0151987: 1,1891988: 9611989: 5591990: 1,4891991: 1,0281992: 1,1671993: 1,4431994: 9041995: 1,0701996: 9641997: 8001998: 1,2441999: 1,3972000: 7962001: 8562002: 1,5372003: 9102004: 7992005: 1,0682006: 1,0382007: 7492008: 7192009: 7072010: 1,4502011: 1,4682012: 9792013: 5702014: 4372015: 6182016: 7402017: 5862018: 3982019: 5982020: 8752021: 8302022: 5072023: 8392024: 9682025: 5672026: 1,1001796187919001916193219481964198019962012
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 37 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 07-12 in each year
YearRecords
17961
18161
18212
18411
18472
18482
18503
18511
18581
18602
18661
18702
18731
18742
18751
18762
18791
18802
18821
18864
18871
18884
18891
18904
18913
18922
18931
18944
18957
18963
18972
18981
19002
19015
19022
190311
190413
190528
190622
190719
190846
190924
191012
191193
191219
191320
191457
191516
191639
1917163
191899
191956
192037
192194
192242
192385
192468
1925231
1926272
192784
192879
1929137
1930561
1931309
1932305
1933609
1934348
1935379
19361,082
1937353
1938257
1939509
1940623
1941796
1942363
1943421
1944446
19451,118
1946234
1947319
1948379
1949357
1950485
1951765
1952680
1953688
1954907
1955263
1956474
1957381
1958434
1959459
1960466
1961606
1962447
1963418
1964898
1965457
1966614
1967502
1968466
1969745
1970298
1971538
1972716
1973633
1974617
19751,321
1976812
1977377
1978635
1979555
1980998
1981645
1982526
1983955
1984871
1985558
19861,015
19871,189
1988961
1989559
19901,489
19911,028
19921,167
19931,443
1994904
19951,070
1996964
1997800
19981,244
19991,397
2000796
2001856
20021,537
2003910
2004799
20051,068
20061,038
2007749
2008719
2009707
20101,450
20111,468
2012979
2013570
2014437
2015618
2016740
2017586
2018398
2019598
2020875
2021830
2022507
2023839
2024968
2025567
20261,100

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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 . Last revised (2026-10-15).