Weather Records on 12 February 1923

103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1923. Highest significance: Spokane Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 12 February 1923

On 12 February 1923, 103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 102 daily.
Spokane Intl AP set a daily record snowfall of 18.5 cm (7.3 in) on 12 February 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

103 stations

103 station records on 12 February 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

103 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 February 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 February 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

87 broken records

Margins by which the 87 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1923

Top 20 records on 12 February 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1923	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1923	Bologna, IT	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1923	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Oskaloosa, US	monthly snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	New Westminster, CA	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	13 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Olga 2 SE, US	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1923	Madison Wb City, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	2.2 cm (0.9 in)	38 years	19 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 103 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	77
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1