Weather Records on 22 August 2012

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 2012. Highest significance: McCarran Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 2012

On 22 August 2012, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 323 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 803 daily.
McCarran Intl AP set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 22 August 2012.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 22 August 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McCarran Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur/Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kloten	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchang	China	Record daily precipitation	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tapijulapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tasan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kodachrome Basin Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hanko Tvarminne	Finland	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lizard Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
High Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holjes	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rostoshi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecuala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Penza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lahore City	Pakistan	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vadstena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Letafors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plassen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buhara	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nummi-Pusula Leppakorpi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oripaa Teinikivi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Naas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Embrun	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 197.

Records on 22 August 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 2012 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 2012

Top 20 records on 22 August 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 2012	McCarran Intl AP, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2012	Ohotsk, RU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Hillsboro, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Stamford 1, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Casa Grande Nm, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Jaipur/Sanganer, IN	daily rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Kloten, SE	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Weatherford, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Nanchang, CN	daily rain	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Tapijulapa, MX	monthly low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Rossared, SE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Tasan, SE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Seligman, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Kodachrome Basin Park, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Hanko Tvarminne, FI	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Vladivostok, RU	daily low min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Quemado, US	monthly low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2012	Lizard Island Resort, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	45 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

1802 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2012. 2012 had 831 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	782
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,358
2026	989

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Data for records on 2012-08-22: 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 20	634
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1