Weather Records on 12 July 2024

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 2024. Highest significance: Ter Apel, NL.

Key Facts for 12 July 2024

On 12 July 2024, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
648 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 938 daily.
Ter Apel set a daily record precipitation of 52.4 mm (2.1 in) on 12 July 2024.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

968 stations

968 station records on 12 July 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Klazienaveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rekken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Niekerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenvoorde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weerselo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dorpen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buchten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mangareva	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zoutkamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heibloem (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woold	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Herwen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emden-Wolthusen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delfzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aalten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hengelo (O)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stein (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Markelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Enschede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenheim/Brenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eenrum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Koog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krestcy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ternaard	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Twenthe-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 318, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 330, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 12 July 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	318
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	330
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 2024 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 22, daily 938.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

744 broken records

Margins by which the 744 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 2024

Top 20 records on 12 July 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 2024	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2024	Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz, DE	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2024	Klazienaveen, NL	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2024	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	117 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2024	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2024	Rekken, NL	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 2024	Niekerk, NL	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Lichtenvoorde, NL	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	129 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	121 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Weerselo, NL	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Dorpen, DE	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Almelo, NL	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Wakefield 1 NW, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Berlin-Tempelhof, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Buchten, NL	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Mangareva, PF	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Idjevan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 2024	Zoutkamp, NL	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	63 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

1796 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2024. 2024 had 968 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 2024-07-12: 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 20	714
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1