Weather Records on 12 July 1926

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1926. Highest significance: The Dalles, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 1926

On 12 July 1926, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 262 daily.
The Dalles set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 27.8 C (82.0 F) on 12 July 1926.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 12 July 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 32.

Records on 12 July 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 262.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1926

Top 20 records on 12 July 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1926	The Dalles, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1926	Columbia, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1926	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Scottsboro, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Las Animas, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	monthly low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Clanton, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Florence, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Goodwater, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Pontotoc, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Lubeck-Werft, DE	monthly high min	21.2 C (70.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Decatur, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Columbus, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Amenia, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1926	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	8 years	21 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1926. 1926 had 272 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 10	203
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1