Weather Records on 12 August 1934

471 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1934. Highest significance: Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU.

Key Facts for 12 August 1934

On 12 August 1934, 471 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 448 daily.
Dalgety (Hamilton St) set a daily record precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 12 August 1934.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

471 stations

471 station records on 12 August 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arvi	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owens Gap (T.O.K.)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

471 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 12 August 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1934 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 16, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

377 broken records

Margins by which the 377 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1934

Top 20 records on 12 August 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1934	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Koregaon, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Wai, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Roros, NO	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Pusesauli, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Patan, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Rome, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Mahad, IN	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Paupong Station, AU	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Medha, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Karad, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Galway, IE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Burlington, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1934	Lexington, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1934	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1934	Emporium 1 E, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1934	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	31 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 471 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	337
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2