Weather Records on 17 July 2012

934 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 2012. Highest significance: Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU.

Key Facts for 17 July 2012

On 17 July 2012, 934 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
586 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 915 daily.
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 17 July 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

934 stations

934 station records on 17 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caitas de Felipe Pescador	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pozos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Canal KM. 06+250	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Limon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Segeza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Novillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Martin Obispo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Begoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Lopatka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Tibia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troitsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paulding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ouarzazate	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

934 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 308, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 278, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 17 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	308
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	278
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 10, daily 915.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

677 broken records

Margins by which the 677 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 2012

Top 20 records on 17 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 2012	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Nancheng, CN	daily rain	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Loa, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Bowman Springs, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Aomori, JP	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Caitas de Felipe Pescador, MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Harding 3 SE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Pioche, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Pozos, MX	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Laporte, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Angelica, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Gran Canal KM. 06+250, MX	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Charles City, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Smithville 2 SE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	St George, US	daily low max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Chilton, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Hampton UNIV, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2012	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 934 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	818
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	813
2025	966
2026	860

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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 2026-10-14 (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	660
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1