Weather Records on 12 August 1942

257 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1942. Highest significance: Nakur, IN.

Key Facts for 12 August 1942

On 12 August 1942, 257 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 254 daily.
Nakur set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 12 August 1942.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

257 stations

257 station records on 12 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nakur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jarauda	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhainswal	India	Record daily precipitation	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galaquil East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie (Curtforth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

257 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

215 broken records

Margins by which the 215 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1942

Top 20 records on 12 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1942	Nakur, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Umea, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Llano, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Thanesar, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Jarauda, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Alexandria, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Klintonel, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Callaville, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Spearfish 9 WNW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1942	Brunswick, US	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1942	Aseral, NO	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1942	Beardsley, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1942	Bhainswal, IN	monthly rain	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1942	Ranfurly, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1942	Cape Norman, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1942	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	46 years	29 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 257 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	186
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2