Weather Records on 12 August 2019

695 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 2019. Highest significance: Chewelah, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 2019

On 12 August 2019, 695 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 672 daily.
Chewelah set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 12 August 2019.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

695 stations

695 station records on 12 August 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Port Moresby W.O.	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Vanavara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Medora 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oahe Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alonnah Area School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Den Bommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sorli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Overhalla - Unnset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Loten_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Drevsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Noordgouwe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scobey 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikne I Osterdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Medstugan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siikajoki Revonlahti	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vea	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muzi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poortugaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sorocinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonbeach (Carrum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

695 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 August 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 2019 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 15, daily 672.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

539 broken records

Margins by which the 539 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 2019

Top 20 records on 12 August 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 2019	Chewelah, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2019	Flagler 1S, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2019	Port Moresby W.O., PG	monthly rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2019	Vanavara, RU	all-time rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2019	Medora 1 S, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2019	St Louis Lambert Intl AP, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2019	Oahe Dam, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Alonnah Area School, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Greenville, US	all-time rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Den Bommel, NL	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Mornington, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Sorli, NO	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	New Roads 5 NE, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Crosby, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	110 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Buran, NO	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Overhalla - Unnset, NO	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Loten_D, SE	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Edwardsville 2 W, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2019	Opheim 10 N, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	52 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2019. 2019 had 695 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2019-08-12: 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 20	504
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1