Weather Records on 12 February 1936

803 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1936. Highest significance: Patur, IN.

Key Facts for 12 February 1936

On 12 February 1936, 803 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 321 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 757 daily.
Patur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.5 mm (3.7 in) on 12 February 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

803 stations

803 station records on 12 February 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gannavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rajahmundry	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pandherikawara	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	419.1 cm (165.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

803 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 182, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 332, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 12 February 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	182
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	332
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 12 February 1936 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 31, daily 757.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

711 broken records

Margins by which the 711 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2413.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1936

Top 20 records on 12 February 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1936	Patur, IN	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Ramachandrapuram, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Pithapuram, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Adoni, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	all-time snowfall	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Malakapuram, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Malegaon, IN	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Darwha, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Narsapur, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Brahmapuri, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Mahbubnagar, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Srikakulam, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Anakapalli, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Gannavaram, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Ner, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Crow Agency, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Alamur(Alamar), IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1936	Chintalapudi, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	43 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 803 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 500	709
500 to 1000	1
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1