Weather Records on 12 August 1965

977 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1965. Highest significance: Greenville, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 1965

On 12 August 1965, 977 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
348 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 923 daily.
Greenville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 12 August 1965.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

977 stations

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

Weather records on 12 August 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parner	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Camptonville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walk Walkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spruce	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Chico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kid Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pablillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Glen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

977 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 400.

Records on 12 August 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	400
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 53, daily 923.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

789 broken records

Margins by which the 789 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1965

Top 20 records on 12 August 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1965	Greenville, US	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1965	Tahoe City, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1965	Harapanahalli, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1965	Quincy, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1965	Twin Lakes, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1965	Tiger Creek Ph, US	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Georgetown, US	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Placerville, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Lake Spaulding, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Parner, IN	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Camptonville Rs, US	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Walk Walkin, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	M.O. Amini, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Vriddhachalam, IN	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX	daily rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Spruce, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1965	Hungund, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	44 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 977 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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Data for records on 1965-08-12: 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 20	750
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1