Weather Records on 12 February 1937

729 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1937. Highest significance: Rajaund, IN.

Key Facts for 12 February 1937

On 12 February 1937, 729 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 648 daily.
Rajaund set a monthly record daily precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 12 February 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

729 stations

729 station records on 12 February 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rajaund	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thakurdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dhaneta	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gohana	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kotra	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sathawas	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chomu	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kerakat	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atrauli	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

729 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 657, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 12 February 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	657
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 12 February 1937 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 78, daily 648.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 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 1937

Top 20 records on 12 February 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1937	Rajaund, IN	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1937	Kaithal, IN	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1937	Jind, IN	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Thakurdwara, IN	monthly rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Thanesar, IN	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Dhaneta, IN	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Gohana, IN	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Hamirpur, IN	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Ghaziabad, IN	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Bangate, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Dumka, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Fatehabad, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Hansi, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Gulah(Gula), IN	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Kotra, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Bikaner, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Aliganj, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Hissar, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1937	Karnal, IN	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	52 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 729 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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Data for records on 1937-02-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	685
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	2