Weather Records on 12 July 1928

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1928. Highest significance: Astana, KZ.

Key Facts for 12 July 1928

On 12 July 1928, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 77 daily.
Astana set a daily record precipitation of 46.8 mm (1.8 in) on 12 July 1928.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 12 July 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 37.

Records on 12 July 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 77.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

56 broken records

Margins by which the 56 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1928

Top 20 records on 12 July 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1928	Astana, KZ	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1928	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1928	Williamsport, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1928	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1928	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Westernport, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Frederick Police Brks, US	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Madrid, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Kingstree, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Hvar, HR	daily high max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1928	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 years	19 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1928. 1928 had 79 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	43
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1