Weather Records on 12 May 1941

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1941. Highest significance: Fichtelberg, DE.

Key Facts for 12 May 1941

On 12 May 1941, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
291 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 561 daily.
Fichtelberg set a daily record snow depth of 128.0 cm (50.4 in) on 12 May 1941.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 12 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rajaund	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Surada	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sardarshahar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 980.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1941

Top 20 records on 12 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1941	Sahebganj, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1941	Tanda, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1941	Rajaund, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1941	Sonepat, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1941	Khutauna, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1941	Baghpat Sr, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1941	Surada, IN	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Adel, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Donnybrook, AU	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Gospic, HR	daily low max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Rajmahal, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Saint Maries, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Revelstoke, CA	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Bamberg, DE	daily low max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Port Townsend, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Salzburg, AT	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	59 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1941	Nurnberg, DE	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	25 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1941. 1941 had 568 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 200	468
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1