Weather Records on 23 July 2012

822 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 2012. Highest significance: E Lawai 934, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 2012

On 23 July 2012, 822 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 803 daily.
E Lawai 934 set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 23 July 2012.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

822 stations

822 station records on 23 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hebbronville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amderma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tulum	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Willow Run AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sanborn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guemar	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuapse	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Old Forge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sigonella	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kreschenka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

822 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 281, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 240, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 123.

Records on 23 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	281
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	240
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 13, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 2012

Top 20 records on 23 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 2012	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2012	Hebbronville, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	142 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Culver City, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Kenosha Wwtp, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Pinos (Smn), MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Uniontown, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Geneseo, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	D'Lo 2 SW, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Manitowoc, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Allerton, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Poteet, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Ottumwa Ind AP, US	all-time high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Walthill 1E, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2012	Pavillion, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	39 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 822 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,238
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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 10	547
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1