Weather Records on 28 July 2012

731 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 2012. Highest significance: Ostrov Golomjannyj, RU.

Key Facts for 28 July 2012

On 28 July 2012, 731 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 707 daily.
Ostrov Golomjannyj set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 28 July 2012.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

731 stations

731 station records on 28 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gardermoen Sor	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kahl/Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rena - Haugedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Xilin Hot	China	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rygge	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ukkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elverum - Fagertun	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Floter	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Abag Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lourdes	France	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mehringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jarud Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jurh	China	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovka-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mora_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Box Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goteborg A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neuruppin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heggeriset - Nordstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshereck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westhampton Gabreski AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grimeli I Krodsherad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sondrestrom	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barberena	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wushaoling	China	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

731 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 199, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 245.

Records on 28 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	199
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 17, daily 707.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 2012

Top 20 records on 28 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 2012	Ostrov Golomjannyj, RU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2012	Eidsvoll Verk, NO	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2012	Gardermoen Sor, NO	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2012	Kahl/Main, DE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2012	Rena - Haugedalen, NO	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2012	Xilin Hot, CN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Rygge, NO	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Rheinfelden, DE	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Nord Odal, NO	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Ukkestad, NO	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Nome AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Elverum - Fagertun, NO	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Floter, NO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Abag Qi, CN	monthly rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Lourdes, FR	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Mehringen, DE	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Schotten, DE	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2012	Jarud Qi, CN	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	46 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

1815 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2012. 2012 had 731 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	862

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Data for records on 2012-07-28: 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 10	480
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1