Weather Records on 21 July 2012

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 2012. Highest significance: Begumpet Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 21 July 2012

On 21 July 2012, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
429 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 795 daily.
Begumpet Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 115.1 mm (4.5 in) on 21 July 2012.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

815 stations

815 station records on 21 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dzalinda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Galliano	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chelan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Navua	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Srednij Kalar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laucala Bay	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sharjah Inter. Airp	United Arab Emirates	Record high maximum temperature	49.2 C (120.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pickett	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whalen Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 21 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 13, daily 795.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 2012

Top 20 records on 21 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 2012	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	97 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2012	Omak 4 N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2012	Houma, US	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2012	Dzalinda, RU	daily rain	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Milaca, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Galliano, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Leo 6 SW, US	all-time high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Chelan, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Navua, FJ	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Srednij Kalar, RU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Trenton, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Malvern, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	124 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Alfred, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Elizabeth City Cgas, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2012	Surgut, RU	all-time high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	43 years	43 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

1794 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2012. 2012 had 815 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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Data for records on 2012-07-21: 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	570
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2