Weather Records on 12 August 1937

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1937. Highest significance: Keedysville, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 1937

On 12 August 1937, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
174 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 341 daily.
Keedysville set a daily record precipitation of 67.6 mm (2.7 in) on 12 August 1937.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 12 August 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Yarley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bansi	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie (Neathvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 12 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1937

Top 20 records on 12 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1937	Keedysville, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1937	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1937	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1937	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1937	Chipurupally, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1937	Nazira, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1937	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1937	Port Augusta (Yarley), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1937	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Plymouth-Kingston, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Putbus, DE	daily high min	18.6 C (65.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Fredericton Unb, CA	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Sydney, CA	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Hermannsburg, AU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Alur, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Watseka Public Works, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Chazy, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1937	Bathurst, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	28 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 356 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 10	214
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1