Weather Records on 12 August 1992

1,134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1992. Highest significance: Nordby (Fano), DK.

Key Facts for 12 August 1992

On 12 August 1992, 1,134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
470 were record highs and 316 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,091 daily.
Nordby (Fano) set a daily record precipitation of 50.2 mm (2.0 in) on 12 August 1992.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

1,134 stations

1,134 station records on 12 August 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	68 of 100 (Major)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	68 of 100 (Major)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Samalayuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McLaren Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rovaniemi Apukka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inari Nellim-1	Finland	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alnarp Fruktavdelning	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pajala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunisvaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Major Gercino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inari Toivoniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Loche	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muonio Alamuonio	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla Lokka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inari Ivalo Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rovaniemi Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla Vuotso	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Aguajito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Den Oever	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Byhalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saittarova_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dokkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Cabaa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Trento	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parkajoki	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,134 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 213, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 257, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 347, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 August 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	213
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	257
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1992 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 25, daily 1,091.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

873 broken records

Margins by which the 873 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1992

Top 20 records on 12 August 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1992	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 August 1992	Lajas Substn, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1992	La Grange 1N, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1992	Willunga, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1992	Haigler, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1992	Santa Rosalia (Dge), MX	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1992	Port Townsend, US	all-time high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1992	Poset, RU	daily rain	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Hamlin 1SW, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Samalayuca, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Sodankyla AWS, FI	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	McLaren Vale, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Rovaniemi Apukka, FI	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Inari Nellim-1, FI	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Alnarp Fruktavdelning, SE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Pajala, SE	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Kaunisvaara, SE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Madison 3NNW, US	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1992	Raleigh AP, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	51 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1992. 1992 had 1,134 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	828
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1