Weather Records on 12 August 1943

523 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1943. Highest significance: Uppsala_Aut, SE.

Key Facts for 12 August 1943

On 12 August 1943, 523 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 516 daily.
Uppsala_Aut set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 12 August 1943.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

523 stations

523 station records on 12 August 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Brush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

523 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 264.

Records on 12 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1943

Top 20 records on 12 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1943	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1943	Mirannie, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Sac City, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Pine Brush, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Jefferson, US	all-time rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Millers Forest School, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Kirov, RU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Williams, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1943	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 523 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	301
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1