Weather Records on 12 May 1992

1,022 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1992. Highest significance: Wando Vale Station, AU.

Key Facts for 12 May 1992

On 12 May 1992, 1,022 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,000 daily.
Wando Vale Station set a daily record precipitation of 42.6 mm (1.7 in) on 12 May 1992.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,022 stations

1,022 station records on 12 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Alley Point (Poplars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Home Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tooloombah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cranford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toomba Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria Storage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Patho West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lauriston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton (Donald St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Ox	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,022 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 560, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 12 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	560
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 12 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 1,000.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

862 broken records

Margins by which the 862 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1992

Top 20 records on 12 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1992	Wando Vale Station, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	78 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Bulliwallah, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Gunbower Gee Tee Stud, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Canobie, AU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1992	Bowling Alley Point (Poplars), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1992	Forest Home Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1992	Nebo, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1992	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1992	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1992	Wolfe City, US	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1992	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1992	Heathcote, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	55 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

1814 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1992. 1992 had 1,022 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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Data for records on 1992-05-12: 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 25	784
25 to 50	58
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1