Weather Records on 12 August 1949

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1949. Highest significance: Park River, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 1949

On 12 August 1949, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 456 daily.
Park River set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 12 August 1949.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

469 stations

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

Weather records on 12 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khol	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 148.

Records on 12 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 456.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1949

Top 20 records on 12 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1949	Park River, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Towner 2 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Peapalli(Pyapali), IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Inverness 3 SE, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Keanae 346, US	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Haidargarh, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Spier Falls, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1949	Titusville, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1949	Peru, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1949	Salzburg, AT	daily low max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1949	Owk, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1949	Khol, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1949	Baheri, IN	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1949	Timiryazevskij, RU	all-time high max	36.8 C (98.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1949	Nogales, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	30 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 469 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	329
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1