Weather Records on 12 July 1983

955 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1983. Highest significance: Gwalior, IN.

Key Facts for 12 July 1983

On 12 July 1983, 955 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
539 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 916 daily.
Gwalior set an all-time record daily precipitation of 377.4 mm (14.9 in) on 12 July 1983.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

955 stations

955 station records on 12 July 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	377.4 mm (14.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lomba Alta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poco Fundo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pilar (Sitio Recreio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Jocoque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nakusp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Chiapilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Ludgero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Svarta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans-Montante (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ituporanga (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pouso Redondo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnjaja Tom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brusque (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Divisa de Anitapolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grycksbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kolsva	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soderarm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

955 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 269, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 270, Lowest daily minimum 154, Heaviest daily rainfall 194.

Records on 12 July 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	269
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	270
Lowest daily minimum	154
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1983 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 34, daily 916.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1983

Top 20 records on 12 July 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1983	Gwalior, IN	all-time rain	377.4 mm (14.9 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	3 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1983	Falun, SE	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Lomba Alta, BR	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Uppsala_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Poco Fundo, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Pilar (Sitio Recreio), BR	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Presa Jocoque, MX	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Nakusp, CA	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Puente Colgante, MX	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Diablo Dam, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Villa de Chiapilla, MX	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Alcozauca (Smn), MX	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Sao Ludgero, BR	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Meleiro, BR	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Presa Plutarco Elias Calles, MX	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Santa Cruz, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1983	Garcia, BR	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1983. 1983 had 955 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 1983-07-12: 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 20	739
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1