Weather Records on 12 February 1918

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1918. Highest significance: Hermannsburg, AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1918

On 12 February 1918, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 55 daily.
Hermannsburg set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 12 February 1918.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 12 February 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 12 February 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 February 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 55.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1918

Top 20 records on 12 February 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1918	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1918	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Southampton, CA	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Toronto, CA	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Alton, CA	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Melrose, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	6 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Port Augusta West, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1918	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	14 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

1794 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1918. 1918 had 55 records.

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

Records on 02-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	2
1803	1
1811	1
1816	2
1829	4
1845	1
1847	2
1855	1
1856	2
1864	3
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	15
1895	5
1896	8
1897	1
1898	7
1899	15
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	7
1904	12
1905	22
1906	3
1907	15
1908	16
1909	9
1910	30
1911	16
1912	22
1913	12
1914	96
1915	16
1916	29
1917	25
1918	55
1919	37
1920	19
1921	32
1922	82
1923	103
1924	105
1925	248
1926	118
1927	71
1928	377
1929	283
1930	229
1931	275
1932	641
1933	195
1934	263
1935	162
1936	803
1937	729
1938	853
1939	253
1940	217
1941	275
1942	263
1943	404
1944	461
1945	310
1946	391
1947	710
1948	862
1949	618
1950	537
1951	505
1952	281
1953	232
1954	581
1955	1,099
1956	402
1957	375
1958	700
1959	492
1960	240
1961	683
1962	1,054
1963	752
1964	500
1965	946
1966	532
1967	555
1968	456
1969	554
1970	519
1971	579
1972	481
1973	841
1974	520
1975	878
1976	787
1977	857
1978	1,203
1979	1,719
1980	685
1981	1,655
1982	905
1983	1,444
1984	1,329
1985	1,428
1986	950
1987	660
1988	1,278
1989	511
1990	1,042
1991	636
1992	992
1993	728
1994	1,230
1995	1,272
1996	1,110
1997	940
1998	1,437
1999	1,772
2000	929
2001	859
2002	1,478
2003	613
2004	1,055
2005	966
2006	848
2007	709
2008	924
2009	1,088
2010	1,326
2011	959
2012	852
2013	527
2014	1,168
2015	709
2016	912
2017	1,494
2018	810
2019	1,053
2020	754
2021	1,634
2022	509
2023	469
2024	694
2025	1,802
2026	422

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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 20	43
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1