Weather Records on 12 February 1922

82 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1922. Highest significance: Cairns Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1922

On 12 February 1922, 82 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 78 daily.
Cairns Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 160.3 mm (6.3 in) on 12 February 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

82 stations

82 station records on 12 February 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

82 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 12, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 12 February 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 February 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 78.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1922

Top 20 records on 12 February 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1922	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1922	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1922	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	monthly rain	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Athens, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Greensboro, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Pitea, SE	daily high min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Tomsk, RU	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Green Bay, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Batesville, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	14 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Weldon, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	39.7 C (103.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Karesuando, SE	daily high max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	31 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Camden 1, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	14 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1922	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	30 years	13 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1922. 1922 had 82 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	63
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1