Weather Records on 12 August 1995

1,654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1995. Highest significance: Capitan Emilio Carranza, MX.

Key Facts for 12 August 1995

On 12 August 1995, 1,654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,032 were record highs and 365 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,603 daily.
Capitan Emilio Carranza set an all-time record daily precipitation of 262.9 mm (10.4 in) on 12 August 1995.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,654 stations

1,654 station records on 12 August 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Capitan Emilio Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Micos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	161.7 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Armadillo de Los Infante	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Verde	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotitlan Salinas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Meco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itaqui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tillabery	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,654 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 310, Lowest daily maximum 241, Highest daily minimum 722, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 257.

Records on 12 August 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	310
Lowest daily maximum	241
Highest daily minimum	722
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1995 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 44, daily 1,603.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,193 broken records

Margins by which the 1,193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 154.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1995

Top 20 records on 12 August 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1995	Capitan Emilio Carranza, MX	all-time rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1995	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1995	Kewaunee, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1995	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Ciudad Victoria, MX	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Cuernavaca, MX	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Micos, MX	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Shanwei, CN	daily rain	161.7 mm (6.4 in)	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Armadillo de Los Infante, MX	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	San Jose del Verde, MX	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Budennovsk, RU	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Superior, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Zapotitlan Salinas (Smn), MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Lake Alfred Exp STN, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	La Cruz, MX	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Baldwin, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	Gladwin, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1995	San Juan del Meco, MX	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	43 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1995. 1995 had 1,654 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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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	1,133
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1