Weather Records on 12 July 1981

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1981. Highest significance: Meleuz, RU.

Key Facts for 12 July 1981

On 12 July 1981, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
325 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 622 daily.
Meleuz set an all-time record daily precipitation of 78.1 mm (3.1 in) on 12 July 1981.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 12 July 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meleuz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prilep	Macedonia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhny-Chir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Rock Tri Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnarn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peach Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlins AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scobey	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes 10 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 215.

Records on 12 July 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1981 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 622.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

459 broken records

Margins by which the 459 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 172.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1981

Top 20 records on 12 July 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1981	Meleuz, RU	all-time rain	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1981	Richland Ctr, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1981	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Pollock, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Cheyenne, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Prilep, MK	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Dolores, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Bowman, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Kandalaksa, RU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Nizhny-Chir, RU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Ft Lewis, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Riverton, US	all-time high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Chico UNIV Farm, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Minnesota City Dam 5, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Lone Rock Tri Co AP, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Gunnarn, SE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Peach Springs, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Linton, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1981	Eureka, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	45 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1981. 1981 had 645 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	739
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,099

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Data for records on 1981-07-12: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	434
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1