Weather Records on 12 July 1949

357 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1949. Highest significance: Westminster 2 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 1949

On 12 July 1949, 357 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 347 daily.
Westminster 2 SSE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 12 July 1949.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

357 stations

357 station records on 12 July 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	283.0 mm (11.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yallingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mogumber	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colony	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

357 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 243.

Records on 12 July 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1949 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 6, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1949

Top 20 records on 12 July 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1949	Westminster 2 SSE, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Chatarpur, IN	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Macon, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Purcellville, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Yalta, UA	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Solomons, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Valier, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Alibag-Cvl.Hosp., IN	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Westernport, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Mukteshwar Kumaon, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Emmitsburg, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Wichita, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Kathgodam, IN	all-time rain	283.0 mm (11.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Ashland, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Yallingup, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1949	Cumberland, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	38 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

1796 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1949. 1949 had 357 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1816	1
1821	2
1841	1
1847	2
1848	2
1850	3
1851	1
1858	1
1860	2
1866	1
1870	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	2
1903	11
1904	13
1905	28
1906	22
1907	19
1908	46
1909	24
1910	12
1911	93
1912	19
1913	20
1914	57
1915	16
1916	39
1917	163
1918	99
1919	56
1920	37
1921	94
1922	42
1923	85
1924	68
1925	231
1926	272
1927	84
1928	79
1929	137
1930	561
1931	309
1932	305
1933	609
1934	348
1935	379
1936	1,082
1937	353
1938	257
1939	509
1940	623
1941	796
1942	363
1943	421
1944	446
1945	1,118
1946	234
1947	319
1948	379
1949	357
1950	485
1951	765
1952	680
1953	688
1954	907
1955	263
1956	474
1957	381
1958	434
1959	459
1960	466
1961	606
1962	447
1963	418
1964	898
1965	457
1966	614
1967	502
1968	466
1969	745
1970	298
1971	538
1972	716
1973	633
1974	617
1975	1,321
1976	812
1977	377
1978	635
1979	555
1980	998
1981	645
1982	526
1983	955
1984	871
1985	558
1986	1,015
1987	1,189
1988	961
1989	559
1990	1,489
1991	1,028
1992	1,167
1993	1,443
1994	904
1995	1,070
1996	964
1997	800
1998	1,244
1999	1,397
2000	796
2001	856
2002	1,537
2003	910
2004	799
2005	1,068
2006	1,038
2007	749
2008	719
2009	707
2010	1,450
2011	1,468
2012	979
2013	570
2014	437
2015	618
2016	740
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,100

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Data for records on 1949-07-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	245
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1