Weather Records on 12 August 2004

1,872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 2004. Highest significance: West Terschelling, NL.

Key Facts for 12 August 2004

On 12 August 2004, 1,872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 1,128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 141 monthly and 1,718 daily.
West Terschelling set a daily record precipitation of 49.6 mm (2.0 in) on 12 August 2004.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,872 stations

1,872 station records on 12 August 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Harlingen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Niekerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Herbayum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Makkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tubbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eernewoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wapenveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lijnden (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Assen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nes (Ameland)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delft	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sneek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowhill	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Strausstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delfzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drachten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vlieland_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,872 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 704, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 424, Heaviest daily rainfall 354.

Records on 12 August 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	704
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	424
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 2004 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 141, daily 1,718.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,402 broken records

Margins by which the 1,402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 2004

Top 20 records on 12 August 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 2004	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 August 2004	Harlingen, NL	all-time rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	76 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2004	Niekerk, NL	all-time rain	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2004	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2004	Herbayum, NL	all-time rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2004	Makkum, NL	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2004	Kuinre, NL	all-time rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2004	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2004	Tubbergen, NL	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Oost Vlieland, NL	monthly rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Dwingelo, NL	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	113 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Leeuwarden_1, NL	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Eernewoude, NL	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Wapenveld, NL	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Baldwin, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Prentice #2, US	monthly low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2004	Lijnden (Nh), NL	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	50 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 1,872 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 2004-08-12: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 August 2004
Margin	Records
0 to 10	1,266
10 to 20	86
20 to 30	39
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4