Weather Records on 12 July 1955

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1955. Highest significance: Maxwell 3 NW, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 1955

On 12 July 1955, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 258 daily.
Maxwell 3 NW set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 12 July 1955.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

263 stations

263 station records on 12 July 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regina	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cadillac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Debiabhoj Diyabh	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frazer	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 113.

Records on 12 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1955

Top 20 records on 12 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1955	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	Klintonel, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	Polson, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	Shaunavon, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	Regina, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	Louisburg, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	Eureka, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1955	Ghatampur, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Merton Weir Farm, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Chapple Vale, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Cowles, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Gage, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Cadillac, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Pusad, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Del Norte 3ENE, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Debiabhoj Diyabh, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1955	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	17 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

1796 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1955. 1955 had 263 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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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	187
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1