Weather Records on 12 July 1991

1,028 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1991. Highest significance: Deal Island, AU.

Key Facts for 12 July 1991

On 12 July 1991, 1,028 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
562 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,001 daily.
Deal Island set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 12 July 1991.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,028 stations

1,028 station records on 12 July 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cernyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ujar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Feldkirchen-Westerham-Lenzmuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emmendingen-Mundingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dzilam de Bravo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	125.1 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diepholz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karasuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record low minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,028 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 254, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 293.

Records on 12 July 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	254
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1991 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 21, daily 1,001.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

852 broken records

Margins by which the 852 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1991

Top 20 records on 12 July 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1991	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1991	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Cernyj Jar, RU	monthly rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Montague 4 NW, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Nerriga Composite, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Ujar, RU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Villa Ahumada, MX	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Notla 3 SE, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	El Sauz, MX	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Feldkirchen-Westerham-Lenzmuhl, DE	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Jacksonville Beach, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Pemberton, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Springfield 1 NW, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Dalton Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1991	Perm, RU	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	91 years	42 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1991. 1991 had 1,028 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 1991-07-12: 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 10	758
10 to 20	52
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1