Weather Records on 12 August 1923

89 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1923. Highest significance: Tbilisi, GE.

Key Facts for 12 August 1923

On 12 August 1923, 89 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 84 daily.
Tbilisi set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 12 August 1923.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

89 stations

89 station records on 12 August 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

89 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 13.

Records on 12 August 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1923 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 84.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1923

Top 20 records on 12 August 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1923	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1923	Fayetteville, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Wauseon Wtp, US	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Independence, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Mackay Post Office, AU	monthly high max	30.1 C (86.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Stratford, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Quebec, CA	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Paragonah, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Chatham, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	St John's, CA	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Alexandria, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Needles, US	daily low max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	6 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Asheville, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Las Animas, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1923	Eustis 2 S, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	25 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

1793 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1923. 1923 had 89 records.

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

Records on 08-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	2
1814	1
1815	1
1825	1
1843	1
1851	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	1
1899	10
1900	1
1901	5
1902	9
1903	14
1904	13
1905	16
1906	8
1907	8
1908	31
1909	42
1910	16
1911	33
1912	40
1913	39
1914	26
1915	46
1916	31
1917	134
1918	37
1919	42
1920	26
1921	174
1922	71
1923	89
1924	267
1925	150
1926	154
1927	145
1928	173
1929	276
1930	501
1931	708
1932	418
1933	271
1934	471
1935	408
1936	591
1937	356
1938	237
1939	282
1940	545
1941	481
1942	257
1943	523
1944	595
1945	295
1946	655
1947	729
1948	384
1949	469
1950	442
1951	357
1952	533
1953	227
1954	969
1955	590
1956	265
1957	384
1958	406
1959	388
1960	707
1961	381
1962	466
1963	559
1964	1,346
1965	977
1966	777
1967	1,135
1968	444
1969	629
1970	422
1971	486
1972	473
1973	442
1974	560
1975	593
1976	495
1977	747
1978	571
1979	1,192
1980	692
1981	665
1982	789
1983	923
1984	665
1985	935
1986	615
1987	935
1988	1,518
1989	827
1990	727
1991	726
1992	1,134
1993	936
1994	861
1995	1,654
1996	1,336
1997	1,363
1998	1,215
1999	1,325
2000	741
2001	855
2002	1,345
2003	1,752
2004	1,872
2005	1,085
2006	874
2007	1,209
2008	970
2009	814
2010	1,907
2011	903
2012	910
2013	427
2014	787
2015	757
2016	1,290
2017	533
2018	571
2019	695
2020	730
2021	980
2022	616
2023	779
2024	659
2025	639
2026	849

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 August 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	56
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1