Weather Records on 12 July 1971

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1971. Highest significance: Johnstown, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 1971

On 12 July 1971, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 232 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 523 daily.
Johnstown set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 July 1971.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 12 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balkasino	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uricky	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	302.3 cm (119.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Victor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sagamore 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neran	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Selfridge 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gosh,Agro	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farnham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 165, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	165
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1971

Top 20 records on 12 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1971	Johnstown, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1971	Marquette, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Balkasino, KZ	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Edgerton, US	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Minusinsk, RU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Uricky, KZ	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	State College, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Durango, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Tuttle, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Hanover, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Grafton, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1971	Hollister 1 SW, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1971	Portage Wwtp, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1971	Canon City, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 July 1971	Chipley, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	33 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 538 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 200	400
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1