Weather Records on 12 August 1952

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1952. Highest significance: Cairo River, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 1952

On 12 August 1952, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 515 daily.
Cairo River set an all-time record daily precipitation of 192.0 mm (7.6 in) on 12 August 1952.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 12 August 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plashett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wirraminna Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Glenrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 234.

Records on 12 August 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1952 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1952

Top 20 records on 12 August 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1952	Cairo River, US	all-time rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1952	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1952	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1952	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Jackson, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Bute (Ninnes), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Terry Hie Hie, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Uliman (Brentwood), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Bundanoon Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Nyngan (Merryanbone), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Quinyambie, AU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Grassmere 1, AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1952	Somerton Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	45 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 533 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 August 1952
Margin	Records
0 to 10	328
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	5