Weather Records on 12 May 1932

199 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1932. Highest significance: Cape May 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 12 May 1932

On 12 May 1932, 199 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 199 daily.
Cape May 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 12 May 1932.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

199 stations

199 station records on 12 May 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tract	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Currabubula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

199 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 75.

Records on 12 May 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 199.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1932

Top 20 records on 12 May 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1932	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1932	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1932	Millsboro, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1932	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1932	Kiev, UA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1932	Eraniel, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Bagalkot, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Millington 1 SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Westernport, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Coleman 3 WNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Hvar, HR	daily low min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Amguri, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Lemon Cove, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1932	Crow Agency, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	26 years	22 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

1814 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1932. 1932 had 199 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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	133
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1