Weather Records on 12 August 1935

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1935. Highest significance: Chas, IN.

Key Facts for 12 August 1935

On 12 August 1935, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 391 daily.
Chas set an all-time record daily precipitation of 231.9 mm (9.1 in) on 12 August 1935.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 12 August 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chas	India	Record daily precipitation	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itahar	India	Record daily precipitation	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jagraon	India	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sikraul	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 89.

Records on 12 August 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1935 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1935

Top 20 records on 12 August 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1935	Chas, IN	all-time rain	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1935	Dumka, IN	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Gobindpur, IN	daily rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Paraiyahat, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Purulia, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Amity, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Tohana, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Parry Sound, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1935	Silli, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1935	Sveg, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1935	Jullundar, IN	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1935	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1935	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	68 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1935	Ageon, IN	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1935	Itahar, IN	monthly rain	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1935	Uccle, BE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1935	Beatrice, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 408 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	257
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1