Weather Records on 12 August 1993

936 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1993. Highest significance: Champaign 3S, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 1993

On 12 August 1993, 936 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 319 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 915 daily.
Champaign 3S set an all-time record daily precipitation of 135.1 mm (5.3 in) on 12 August 1993.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

936 stations

936 station records on 12 August 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sernovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Westerland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon Spring NWS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nevinnomyssk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kupiansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jiulong	China	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hvojnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Pucuato	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valujki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

936 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 176, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 277.

Records on 12 August 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	176
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1993 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 915.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1993

Top 20 records on 12 August 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1993	Champaign 3S, US	all-time rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1993	Union, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1993	Fulton, US	all-time rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1993	Wishek, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Sernovodsk, RU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Milan, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Carrollton, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Orovada 3 W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Rantoul, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Brunswick, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Valley Park, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Perry, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Westerland, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Newton, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Jefferson City Wtp, US	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Weldon Spring NWS, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Nevinnomyssk, RU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1993	Kupiansk, UA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	46 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 936 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1993-08-12: 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	612
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2