Weather Records on 12 July 1921

94 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1921. Highest significance: Galway, IE.

Key Facts for 12 July 1921

On 12 July 1921, 94 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 93 daily.
Galway set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 31.7 C (89.1 F) on 12 July 1921.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

94 stations

94 station records on 12 July 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

94 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 34.

Records on 12 July 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 93.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

78 broken records

Margins by which the 78 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 11.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1921

Top 20 records on 12 July 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1921	Galway, IE	all-time high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1921	Toronto, CA	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1921	Oxford, GB	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1921	Beatrice, CA	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Madison Wb City, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Escanaba, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Stonecliffe, CA	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Parry Sound, CA	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Alma, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Lakefield, CA	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Bon Accord, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Saentis, CH	daily high min	9.6 C (49.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1921	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high max	15.3 C (59.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1921. 1921 had 94 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 1921-07-12: 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 2	44
2 to 4	18
4 to 6	12
6 to 8	1
8 to 10	0
10 to 12	3