Weather Records on 12 July 2008

719 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 2008. Highest significance: Paw Paw 2S, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 2008

On 12 July 2008, 719 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 335 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 695 daily.
Paw Paw 2S set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 12 July 2008.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

719 stations

719 station records on 12 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Laveen 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon de Chelly	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Tigre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	47.4 C (117.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mitt. Narsarsuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tandsbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joquicingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelihovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

719 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 209, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 12 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	209
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 695.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 2008

Top 20 records on 12 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 2008	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	86 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2008	Organ Pipe Cactus Nm, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2008	Jalostotitlan, MX	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2008	Oktyabr Skoye, RU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Laveen 3 SSE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Petersburg 3SSW, US	monthly rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Reus/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Longzhou, CN	daily rain	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Santa Maria del Monte, MX	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Canyon de Chelly, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Bowie, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Rushville, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Presa El Tigre, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Choteau, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Ft Sumner, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Beloit, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Americus, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Richfield, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2008	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	76 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

1796 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2008. 2008 had 719 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 2008-07-12: 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 10	458
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1