Weather Records on 12 May 1995

1,190 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1995. Highest significance: Springfields, AU.

Key Facts for 12 May 1995

On 12 May 1995, 1,190 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
481 were record highs and 399 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,142 daily.
Springfields set a daily record precipitation of 71.0 mm (2.8 in) on 12 May 1995.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,190 stations

1,190 station records on 12 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kuantan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guarapari (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caon Fernandez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ueno	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Do Abaete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Cantil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Vas Na Blokah	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Cantil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matua	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shiprock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nachiki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,190 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 226, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 12 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	226
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 12 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 37, daily 1,142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

915 broken records

Margins by which the 915 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1995

Top 20 records on 12 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1995	Springfields, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1995	Kyoto, JP	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Ft Logan 4 ESE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Nara, JP	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Kuantan, MY	monthly rain	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Sun Rvr 4 S, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Tokushima, JP	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily high max	19.8 C (67.6 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Billings Wtp, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Guarapari (Dnos), BR	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Caon Fernandez, MX	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Usher Twr, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Ueno, JP	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Peitas, MX	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Rijeka, HR	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Wakayama, JP	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	Kawaguchiko, JP	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1995	El Carmen (Smn), MX	all-time high min	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	23 years	47 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1995. 1995 had 1,190 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 1995-05-12: 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 50	891
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2