Weather Records on 12 August 1994

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1994. Highest significance: Ahmadabad, IN.

Key Facts for 12 August 1994

On 12 August 1994, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
400 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 829 daily.
Ahmadabad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 271.0 mm (10.7 in) on 12 August 1994.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 12 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Horinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angel R. Cabada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stavoren_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Alevina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Polovinnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hognestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olovjannaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xaltianguis (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tully River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koombooloomba Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kareeya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohhot	China	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saigo	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Varna	Bulgaria	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mogen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heeg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sulina	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
The Valleys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tavernier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 229, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 12 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	229
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 18, daily 829.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1994

Top 20 records on 12 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1994	Ahmadabad, IN	monthly rain	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	87 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 August 1994	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1994	Hialeah, US	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1994	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1994	Philip AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Horinsk, RU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Angel R. Cabada, MX	daily rain	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Stavoren_1, NL	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Ciudad Santos, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Satna, IN	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Mys Alevina, RU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Polovinnoe, RU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Hognestad, NO	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Olovjannaja, RU	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Xaltianguis (Cfe), MX	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1994	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 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

1793 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 861 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

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Data for records on 1994-08-12: 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 20	632
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1