Weather Records on 12 July 1965

457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1965. Highest significance: Kohala 179.1, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 1965

On 12 July 1965, 457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 237 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 451 daily.
Kohala 179.1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 123.4 mm (4.9 in) on 12 July 1965.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

457 stations

457 station records on 12 July 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	295.7 mm (11.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seneca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

457 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 193.

Records on 12 July 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1965

Top 20 records on 12 July 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1965	Kohala 179.1, US	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1965	Odesa, UA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1965	Waianae 798, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Graham 2 ENE, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Hawi 168, US	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Chatswood Council Depot, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Randolph 5 NNE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Thief River Falls, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Coulta, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Angus 1 N, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Killdeer 8 NW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Farmville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Lock (Terre), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Niulii 179, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Bemidji, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Remscheid-Lennep, DE	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1965	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	66 years	40 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1965. 1965 had 457 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 1965-07-12: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	294
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	4
70 to 80	1