Weather Records on 7 August 2012

688 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 2012. Highest significance: Sotkamo Saviaho, FI.

Key Facts for 7 August 2012

On 7 August 2012, 688 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
456 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 639 daily.
Sotkamo Saviaho set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.7 mm (2.8 in) on 7 August 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

688 stations

688 station records on 7 August 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sotkamo Saviaho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chetumal (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kalajoki Metsakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kajaani Saaresmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	323.3 mm (12.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kokkola Korplax	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Siikajoki Revonlahti	Finland	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haapavesi Mustikkamaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jonuta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pajaritos de la Sierra	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qaqortoq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flyvestation Aalborg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utena	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halsua Kanala Purola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrnava Temmes	Finland	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cekunda	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiuruvesi Korpijoki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sektagli	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stewart	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonloo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusamo Toranginaho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhambejty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gol - Stake	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

688 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 253, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 7 August 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	253
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 2012 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 37, daily 639.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 239.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 2012

Top 20 records on 7 August 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 2012	Sotkamo Saviaho, FI	monthly rain	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2012	Chetumal (Dge), MX	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2012	Kalajoki Metsakyla, FI	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Kajaani Saaresmaki, FI	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Science Garden, PH	daily rain	323.3 mm (12.7 in)	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Kokkola Korplax, FI	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Siikajoki Revonlahti, FI	all-time rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Akron 4 E, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Lynch, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Dachen Dao, CN	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Kaneohe Bay MCAS, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Haapavesi Mustikkamaki, FI	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Jonuta, MX	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Pajaritos de la Sierra, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Eads, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Las Animas, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2012	Payette, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 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

1808 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2012. 2012 had 688 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,044

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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 2026-10-12 (12 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 50	458
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1