Weather Records on 12 February 1935

162 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1935. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1935

On 12 February 1935, 162 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 156 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 12 February 1935.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

162 stations

162 station records on 12 February 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coodardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

162 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 February 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 February 1935 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 156.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

140 broken records

Margins by which the 140 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1935

Top 20 records on 12 February 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1935	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1935	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Southport, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Ormley, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Bagdad, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1935	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1935	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1935	Tunis, TN	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1935	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1935	Helwan (Cairo), EG	daily high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1935	Chita, RU	daily high min	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1935	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	25 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1935. 1935 had 162 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 100	137
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1