Weather Records on 3 February 1912

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1912. Highest significance: Middleton (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 3 February 1912

On 3 February 1912, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 62 daily.
Middleton (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 3 February 1912.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 557 records.

Record Map

69 stations

69 station records on 3 February 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 8.

Records on 3 February 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	8
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 February 1912 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 4, daily 62.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

60 broken records

Margins by which the 60 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1912

Top 20 records on 3 February 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1912	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1912	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1912	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Armagh, GB	daily low max	0.4 C (32.7 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Magdeburg, DE	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	monthly low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Galway, IE	monthly low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Magdeburg, DE	daily low max	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Halmstad, SE	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Sandvig, DK	daily low min	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Halmstad, SE	daily low max	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1912	Karlshamn, SE	daily low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1795 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1912. 1912 had 69 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	58
10 to 20	0
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1