Weather Records on 12 August 2008

970 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 2008. Highest significance: Portland, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 2008

On 12 August 2008, 970 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 378 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 914 daily.
Portland set a monthly record daily precipitation of 209.6 mm (8.3 in) on 12 August 2008.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

970 stations

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

Weather records on 12 August 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eudora	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edom	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Delta Cc	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Botkinburg 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daingerfield 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum/Sambra	India	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jixi	China	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa Wtr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

970 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 181, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 197, Heaviest daily rainfall 258.

Records on 12 August 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	181
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	197
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 2008 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 49, daily 914.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

701 broken records

Margins by which the 701 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 2008

Top 20 records on 12 August 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 2008	Portland, US	monthly rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	74 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 August 2008	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 August 2008	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2008	Butte, US	all-time rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2008	Lafayette 2W, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2008	Monroe Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2008	Camden 1, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2008	Bastrop, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2008	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	112.9 mm (4.4 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2008	Oak Ridge, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Lynch, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Eudora, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Mayville, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Edom, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Rolling Fk, US	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Bogorodskoe, RU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Rottweil, DE	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Gilmer 4 WNW, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2008	Vaiden 1 SSW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	113 years	48 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 970 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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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	647
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1