Weather Records on 25 August 2012

709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 2012. Highest significance: Leeuwarden_1, NL.

Key Facts for 25 August 2012

On 25 August 2012, 709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 681 daily.
Leeuwarden_1 set a daily record precipitation of 51.7 mm (2.0 in) on 25 August 2012.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

709 stations

709 station records on 25 August 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Shenandoah	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blokzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kinloss	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Masljanino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eernewoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Makkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Linhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zaandijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka Forbes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tecuala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bale Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Gallo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emmen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Beemster	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Botosani	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sneek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liubashivka	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eunice	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thibodaux 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turpin 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kornwerderzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chase 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

709 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 194.

Records on 25 August 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 2012 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 21, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 2012

Top 20 records on 25 August 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 2012	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2012	Shenandoah, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2012	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	115 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Blokzijl, NL	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Varberg, SE	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Smolensk, RU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	La Cruz, MX	daily rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Kuinre, NL	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Kinloss, GB	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	List/Sylt, DE	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Frederiksoord, NL	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Masljanino, RU	all-time rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Eernewoude, NL	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Cluj Napoca, RO	all-time high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Roanoke Rapids, US	all-time rain	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Makkum, NL	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Dos Bocas, PR	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Linhult_D, SE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Haswell, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2012	Hopewell, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	54 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

1796 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 709 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	818
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	883

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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 2026-10-14 (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	485
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1