Weather Records on 12 July 2002

1,537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 2002. Highest significance: Eldon, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 2002

On 12 July 2002, 1,537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,035 were record highs and 314 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 88 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 1,388 daily.
Eldon set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 12 July 2002.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,537 stations

1,537 station records on 12 July 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jarhois	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pajala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rovaniemi Apukka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunisvaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katterjakk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Volodymyr-Volynskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cataloochee	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lainio	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Betatakin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peto (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Svappavaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,537 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 645, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 390, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 12 July 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	645
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	390
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 2002 by timescale: all-time 88, monthly 61, daily 1,388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,186 broken records

Margins by which the 1,186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 2002

Top 20 records on 12 July 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 2002	Eldon, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2002	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Elkhorn, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Jarhois, SE	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Chilapa (Dge), MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Pajala, SE	all-time rain	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Coalville, US	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Tahoe City, US	all-time high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Parma Exp STN, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Ogden Sugar Factory, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Rovaniemi Apukka, FI	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Ankenes, NO	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Kaunisvaara, SE	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2002	Council, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 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

1796 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2002. 2002 had 1,537 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1816	1
1821	2
1841	1
1847	2
1848	2
1850	3
1851	1
1858	1
1860	2
1866	1
1870	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	2
1903	11
1904	13
1905	28
1906	22
1907	19
1908	46
1909	24
1910	12
1911	93
1912	19
1913	20
1914	57
1915	16
1916	39
1917	163
1918	99
1919	56
1920	37
1921	94
1922	42
1923	85
1924	68
1925	231
1926	272
1927	84
1928	79
1929	137
1930	561
1931	309
1932	305
1933	609
1934	348
1935	379
1936	1,082
1937	353
1938	257
1939	509
1940	623
1941	796
1942	363
1943	421
1944	446
1945	1,118
1946	234
1947	319
1948	379
1949	357
1950	485
1951	765
1952	680
1953	688
1954	907
1955	263
1956	474
1957	381
1958	434
1959	459
1960	466
1961	606
1962	447
1963	418
1964	898
1965	457
1966	614
1967	502
1968	466
1969	745
1970	298
1971	538
1972	716
1973	633
1974	617
1975	1,321
1976	812
1977	377
1978	635
1979	555
1980	998
1981	645
1982	526
1983	955
1984	871
1985	558
1986	1,015
1987	1,189
1988	961
1989	559
1990	1,489
1991	1,028
1992	1,167
1993	1,443
1994	904
1995	1,070
1996	964
1997	800
1998	1,244
1999	1,397
2000	796
2001	856
2002	1,537
2003	910
2004	799
2005	1,068
2006	1,038
2007	749
2008	719
2009	707
2010	1,450
2011	1,468
2012	979
2013	570
2014	437
2015	618
2016	739
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,099

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Data for records on 2002-07-12: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	1,124
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1