Weather Records on 12 August 2011

903 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 2011. Highest significance: Taylor, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 2011

On 12 August 2011, 903 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
599 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 844 daily.
Taylor set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 12 August 2011.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

903 stations

903 station records on 12 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Thomas 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Halstad	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo (Wandella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatecas (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya (the Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Boca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caduao	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teloloapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arvaiheer	Mongolia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Gil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Calentura	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ejido Marin	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hidalgo (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ejido San Matias	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jonuta	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concepcion de Buenos Aires	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Villa Victoria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

903 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 242, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 357, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	242
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	357
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 48, daily 844.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

575 broken records

Margins by which the 575 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 2011

Top 20 records on 12 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 2011	Taylor, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2011	Ft Thomas 2 SW, US	all-time rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2011	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Utica, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Halstad, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	David City 4E, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Gresham 3W, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Severo-Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Fullerton, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Ft Sumner, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Ainsworth, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Cobargo (Wandella), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Lower Boro (Calderwood), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Wildrose 3NW, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Bartlesville Muni AP, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Pitea, SE	daily low min	3.6 C (38.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2011	Dublin 2SE, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	42 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 903 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 2026-10-16 (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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	574
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1