Weather Records on 12 February 1928

377 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1928. Highest significance: Hoyleton, AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1928

On 12 February 1928, 377 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 363 daily.
Hoyleton set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 12 February 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

377 stations

377 station records on 12 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watalunga Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dumosa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Culpotaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

377 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 235.

Records on 12 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1928

Top 20 records on 12 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1928	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Roseworthy, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Sutherlands, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Bute, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Mount McIntyre, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Bramfield Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Kapunda Water Works, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Willunga, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Moyston, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1928	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	45 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

1794 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1928. 1928 had 377 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 10	209
10 to 20	78
20 to 30	51
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1