Weather Records on 12 August 1975

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1975. Highest significance: Bindi, AU.

Key Facts for 12 August 1975

On 12 August 1975, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 571 daily.
Bindi set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 12 August 1975.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 12 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boronia 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pascoe Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gelantipy East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sydenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Licola Rwc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbaugh State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batamaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 220.

Records on 12 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1975

Top 20 records on 12 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1975	Bindi, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1975	Gisborne, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1975	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1975	Buchan, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1975	Deer Park, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1975	Hinnomunjie, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1975	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1975	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Reedy Flat, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	El Salto (Smn), MX	monthly low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Ensay, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Dutson, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Mickleham, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Dargo, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Glenmaggie Weir, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1975	Boronia 1, AU	monthly rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	50 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 593 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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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	411
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1