Weather Records on 12 July 2021

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 2021. Highest significance: Congee, AU.

Key Facts for 12 July 2021

On 12 July 2021, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 802 daily.
Congee set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 12 July 2021.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 12 July 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Congee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Araluen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesville Locks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmons	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nagold	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing Manor	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Navajo Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Peak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bessemer 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Solano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 321, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 12 July 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	321
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 2021 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 12, daily 802.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

663 broken records

Margins by which the 663 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 2021

Top 20 records on 12 July 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 2021	Congee, AU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	113 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 July 2021	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	123 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2021	Brydeswood STN 985, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2021	Crockett, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2021	Araluen, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Kamiah, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Tahoka, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Lovell, US	all-time high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Newark, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Payerne, CH	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Montezuma 2 NW, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Jonesville Locks, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Avon, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Norwich, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	114 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Emmons, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2021	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 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

1796 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2021. 2021 had 830 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-07-12: 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	606
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1