Weather Records on 27 July 2012

823 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 2012. Highest significance: Milang, AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 2012

On 27 July 2012, 823 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
476 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 802 daily.
Milang set a daily record precipitation of 26.0 mm (1.0 in) on 27 July 2012.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

823 stations

823 station records on 27 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ijsselsteyn (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cekunda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Putneyville 2 SE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deurne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ratcliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valliant 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo Acuitlapilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Ocotlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Surigao	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Box Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Myponga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Venlo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

823 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 303, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 27 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	303
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 802.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

573 broken records

Margins by which the 573 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 2012

Top 20 records on 27 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 2012	Milang, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	111 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2012	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2012	Ijsselsteyn (L), NL	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Finniss, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Cekunda, RU	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Spirit Falls, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	125 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Callington, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Putneyville 2 SE Dam, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Ashton 1N, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Polson, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Spencer, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Tarbes - Ossun, FR	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Covington, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Sandersville, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2012	Ojai, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 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

1805 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2012. 2012 had 823 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	590
2015	743
2016	565
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,171

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Data for records on 2012-07-27: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 July 2012
Margin	Records
0 to 10	520
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2