Weather Records on 12 July 2005

1,068 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 2005. Highest significance: Palenque (Dge), MX.

Key Facts for 12 July 2005

On 12 July 2005, 1,068 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
629 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,019 daily.
Palenque (Dge) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 192.8 mm (7.6 in) on 12 July 2005.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,068 stations

1,068 station records on 12 July 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston Pwr STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshoj Ushkanij Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miercurea Ciuc	Romania	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ceahlau Toaca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ball Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bacau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas 2 NW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Linguere	Senegal	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,068 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 306, Lowest daily maximum 195, Highest daily minimum 323, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 186.

Records on 12 July 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	306
Lowest daily maximum	195
Highest daily minimum	323
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 2005 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 39, daily 1,019.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

737 broken records

Margins by which the 737 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 2005

Top 20 records on 12 July 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 2005	Palenque (Dge), MX	monthly rain	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2005	Galati, RO	monthly rain	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2005	Milton Exp STN, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2005	Chester, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Jackson, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Kellerberrin, AU	all-time low min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Hohenwald, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Arcadia, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Clearwater Dam, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	De Soto, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Qulin, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Sikeston Pwr STN, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Williamsville, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Batesville, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Jackson, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2005	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	46 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2005. 2005 had 1,068 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	740
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,100

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Data for records on 2005-07-12: 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 2026-10-17 (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	694
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1