Weather Records on 12 July 1957

381 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1957. Highest significance: Malmesbury, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 July 1957

On 12 July 1957, 381 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 372 daily.
Malmesbury set an all-time record daily precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 12 July 1957.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

381 stations

381 station records on 12 July 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern (Yanko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Polisie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodend (Corinella Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Patharkandi	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

381 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 208.

Records on 12 July 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1957 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 372.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1957

Top 20 records on 12 July 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1957	Malmesbury, ZA	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1957	Fort Dearborn, US	all-time rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1957	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Moosehorn, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Sassafras Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Mickleham, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Gisborne, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	La Motte (Bos), ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Somerton, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Romsey, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Melton, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Malvern (Yanko), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1957	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	39 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 381 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 1957-07-12: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 July 1957
Margin	Records
0 to 10	244
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3