Weather Records on 12 August 1996

1,336 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1996. Highest significance: Patterson, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 1996

On 12 August 1996, 1,336 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
649 were record highs and 328 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,271 daily.
Patterson set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 12 August 1996.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,336 stations

1,336 station records on 12 August 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Vergelegen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Velmo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marknesse_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vanavara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schmalkalden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Transou	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eersel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leende	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oirschot	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woolwine 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boxtel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barneveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gorredijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Veenhuizen (D)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erbogacen	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tunel .	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Y Calvo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Catarina Sur	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	50.0 C (122.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,336 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 389, Lowest daily maximum 215, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 359.

Records on 12 August 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	389
Lowest daily maximum	215
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1996 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 53, daily 1,271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

997 broken records

Margins by which the 997 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1996

Top 20 records on 12 August 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1996	Patterson, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	90 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1996	Weimar, DE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1996	Bangalore, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1996	Bowman Dam, US	all-time high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1996	Vergelegen, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1996	Wijk_Aan_Zee_1, NL	all-time rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1996	Velmo, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Marknesse_1, NL	all-time rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Vanavara, RU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser, DE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Schmalkalden, DE	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Zundert, NL	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	N Wilkesboro, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Transou, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Kassel, DE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Gutersloh, DE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Weimar-Schondorf, DE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Roermond, NL	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1996	Eersel, NL	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	49 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 1,336 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 1996-08-12: 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	917
20 to 40	63
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1