Weather Records on 12 August 2015

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 2015. Highest significance: Kimba (Cortlinye), AU.

Key Facts for 12 August 2015

On 12 August 2015, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
567 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 729 daily.
Kimba (Cortlinye) set a daily record precipitation of 29.6 mm (1.2 in) on 12 August 2015.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 12 August 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Waddikee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	65 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa 511	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lijing	China	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ordynskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgan	Mongolia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manning	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malacca	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Moody Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall (Swaffpro)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brest	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vigo Peinador	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pocatello 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 234, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 333, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 12 August 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	234
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	333
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 2015 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 23, daily 729.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 2015

Top 20 records on 12 August 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 2015	Kimba (Cortlinye), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2015	Waddikee, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2015	Coupeville 1 S, US	all-time high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2015	Melrose, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	124 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2015	Laura, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	124 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2015	Walnut Canyon Nm, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Mauna Loa 511, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	124 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Lijing, CN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Manati 2 E, PR	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Ordynskoe, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Cheesman, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Bulgan, MN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Kwajalein, MH	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Manning, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Kimba, AU	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Malacca, MY	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Cimarron, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2015	Cuero, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 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

1793 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2015. 2015 had 757 records.

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

Records on 08-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	2
1814	1
1815	1
1825	1
1843	1
1851	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	1
1899	10
1900	1
1901	5
1902	9
1903	14
1904	13
1905	16
1906	8
1907	8
1908	31
1909	42
1910	16
1911	33
1912	40
1913	39
1914	26
1915	46
1916	31
1917	134
1918	37
1919	42
1920	26
1921	174
1922	71
1923	89
1924	267
1925	150
1926	154
1927	145
1928	173
1929	276
1930	501
1931	708
1932	418
1933	271
1934	471
1935	408
1936	591
1937	356
1938	237
1939	282
1940	545
1941	481
1942	257
1943	523
1944	595
1945	295
1946	655
1947	729
1948	384
1949	469
1950	442
1951	357
1952	533
1953	227
1954	969
1955	590
1956	265
1957	384
1958	406
1959	388
1960	707
1961	381
1962	466
1963	559
1964	1,346
1965	977
1966	777
1967	1,135
1968	444
1969	629
1970	422
1971	486
1972	473
1973	442
1974	560
1975	593
1976	495
1977	747
1978	571
1979	1,192
1980	692
1981	665
1982	789
1983	923
1984	665
1985	935
1986	615
1987	935
1988	1,518
1989	827
1990	727
1991	726
1992	1,134
1993	936
1994	861
1995	1,654
1996	1,336
1997	1,363
1998	1,215
1999	1,325
2000	741
2001	855
2002	1,345
2003	1,752
2004	1,872
2005	1,085
2006	874
2007	1,209
2008	970
2009	814
2010	1,907
2011	903
2012	910
2013	427
2014	787
2015	757
2016	1,290
2017	533
2018	571
2019	695
2020	730
2021	980
2022	616
2023	779
2024	659
2025	639
2026	849

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	584
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1