Weather Records on 12 July 2018

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 2018. Highest significance: Zion Np, US.

Key Facts for 12 July 2018

On 12 July 2018, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 391 daily.
Zion Np set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 July 2018.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 12 July 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Phantom Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richardson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bay 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brest	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canyonlands-the Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juterbog	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawica	Poland	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine Miller Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rapids Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zelenchukskaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Point Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Charleston Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Omaha Eppley Airfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnee Dubrovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy Opening	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Demjanskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 12 July 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 2018 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 4, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 2018

Top 20 records on 12 July 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 2018	Zion Np, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2018	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2018	Phantom Rch, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Szczecin, PL	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Mora, US	all-time rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Dunwich, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily high min	23.2 C (73.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	125 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Richardson, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	119 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Alexandria, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Leech Lake, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Mineral-Nye-Vody, RU	all-time high min	25.9 C (78.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Cordes, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Big Bay 1NW, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Erofej Pavlovic, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Castle Rock, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Gallivare_A, SE	daily high min	16.4 C (61.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2018	Sanborn, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2018. 2018 had 398 records.

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

Records on 07-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1816	1
1821	2
1841	1
1847	2
1848	2
1850	3
1851	1
1858	1
1860	2
1866	1
1870	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	2
1903	11
1904	13
1905	28
1906	22
1907	19
1908	46
1909	24
1910	12
1911	93
1912	19
1913	20
1914	57
1915	16
1916	39
1917	163
1918	99
1919	56
1920	37
1921	94
1922	42
1923	85
1924	68
1925	231
1926	272
1927	84
1928	79
1929	137
1930	561
1931	309
1932	305
1933	609
1934	348
1935	379
1936	1,082
1937	353
1938	257
1939	509
1940	623
1941	796
1942	363
1943	421
1944	446
1945	1,118
1946	234
1947	319
1948	379
1949	357
1950	485
1951	765
1952	680
1953	688
1954	907
1955	263
1956	474
1957	381
1958	434
1959	459
1960	466
1961	606
1962	447
1963	418
1964	898
1965	457
1966	614
1967	502
1968	466
1969	745
1970	298
1971	538
1972	716
1973	633
1974	617
1975	1,321
1976	812
1977	377
1978	635
1979	555
1980	998
1981	645
1982	526
1983	955
1984	871
1985	558
1986	1,015
1987	1,189
1988	961
1989	559
1990	1,489
1991	1,028
1992	1,167
1993	1,443
1994	904
1995	1,070
1996	964
1997	800
1998	1,244
1999	1,397
2000	796
2001	856
2002	1,537
2003	910
2004	799
2005	1,068
2006	1,038
2007	749
2008	719
2009	707
2010	1,450
2011	1,468
2012	979
2013	570
2014	437
2015	618
2016	740
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,100

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Data for records on 2018-07-12: 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	268
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1