Weather Records on 12 July 2012

979 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 2012. Highest significance: Yoakum, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 2012

On 12 July 2012, 979 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
412 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 953 daily.
Yoakum set a daily record precipitation of 129.5 mm (5.1 in) on 12 July 2012.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

979 stations

979 station records on 12 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Center	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Simea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parr	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bellville 6NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balashov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Concha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Vum	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Death Valley Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellijay	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boca del Cerro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mactun	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mooringsport 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aransas Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (South Winscombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Oregano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Intercontinental AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ahtari Myllymaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

979 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 328.

Records on 12 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 18, daily 953.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

772 broken records

Margins by which the 772 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 2012

Top 20 records on 12 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 2012	Yoakum, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2012	Houston Barker, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2012	Marshall, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2012	Nemuro, JP	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Marlin, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	107 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Tomball, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Cypress, US	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Belzoni, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Center, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Centerville, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Simea, SE	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Conroe, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Rison, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Tierra Blanca, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Parr, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2012	Bellville 6NNE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	49 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 979 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	739
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,099

Download the Data

Data for records on 2012-07-12: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	711
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1