Weather Records on 12 August 2023

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 2023. Highest significance: Sorbytorp, SE.

Key Facts for 12 August 2023

On 12 August 2023, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
621 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 721 daily.
Sorbytorp set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 August 2023.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

779 stations

779 station records on 12 August 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kavsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Skillingaryd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vastvalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chichi Jima Bonin Is	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Djursatra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
On	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hogemalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fagre	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Masljanino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Algaras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vardo	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kolsva	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abha	Saudi Arabia	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 237, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 384, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 12 August 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	237
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	384
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 2023 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 44, daily 721.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 2023

Top 20 records on 12 August 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 2023	Sorbytorp, SE	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2023	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2023	Huskvarna, SE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Papenburg, DE	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Kavsjo_D, SE	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Skillingaryd, SE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Vastvalla, SE	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	125 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Tahoka, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Columbia, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Kunming, CN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Chichi Jima Bonin Is, JP	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Hjo, SE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Djursatra, SE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Orebro, SE	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	On, SE	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Canton 4N, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	129 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Glenwillard Dashields L&D, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Crosbyton, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	114 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2023	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	47 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2023. 2023 had 779 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	524
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1