Weather Records on 31 July 2012

712 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 2012. Highest significance: Tasiilaq, GL.

Key Facts for 31 July 2012

On 31 July 2012, 712 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
438 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 669 daily.
Tasiilaq set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 31 July 2012.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

712 stations

712 station records on 31 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Boundary Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Montevallo	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Krilon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Limon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bullhead City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reinli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taiyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe Co Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Horinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bouse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mexicali (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rancho Williams	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte (Bettws-Y-Coed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

712 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 93.

Records on 31 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 30, daily 669.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 2012

Top 20 records on 31 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 2012	Tasiilaq, GL	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	63 years	78 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2012	Boundary Bend, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2012	Montevallo, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2012	Huimin, CN	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Pinson, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Parker, US	daily low max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Birmingham AP, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Pine Bluff, US	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	128 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Lebanon 7 N, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Bradford Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Mys Krilon, RU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	El Limon, MX	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Quartzsite, US	daily low max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Conway, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Rockford 3 ESE, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Bullhead City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Mayaguez City, PR	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Newton Rigg, GB	daily low min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2012	Rison, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	44 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

1804 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2012. 2012 had 712 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	753

Download the Data

Data for records on 2012-07-31: 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	449
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2