Weather Records on 15 July 2012

927 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 2012. Highest significance: Moonmera, AU.

Key Facts for 15 July 2012

On 15 July 2012, 927 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 902 daily.
Moonmera set a daily record precipitation of 101.0 mm (4.0 in) on 15 July 2012.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

927 stations

927 station records on 15 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cardowan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rowanlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lovandee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carfax	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Almaden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fig Tree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Southend Curtis Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yucca 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Builyan Gum Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Euleilah Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Methow 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stahl Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Media Luna	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kara-Tjurek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fry	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Callemondah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodgate Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mikkeli Rantakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

927 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 354.

Records on 15 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 902.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

725 broken records

Margins by which the 725 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 2012

Top 20 records on 15 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 2012	Moonmera, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	100 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2012	Snake Rvr, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2012	Rockhampton Aero, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2012	Canelo 1 NW, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2012	Cardowan, AU	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Rowanlea, AU	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Gladstone Radar, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Mineral-Nye-Vody, RU	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Duchesne, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	105 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Lovandee, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Augusta, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Carfax, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Turkey Station, AU	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	109 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Taylor Rch, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Almaden, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Fig Tree, AU	daily rain	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Southend Curtis Island, AU	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Yucca 1 NNE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2012	Great Falls 16St, US	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	52 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 927 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	960

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Data for records on 2012-07-15: 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	667
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1