Weather Records on 12 February 1942

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1942. Highest significance: Grenfell (Quondong Rd), AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1942

On 12 February 1942, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 260 daily.
Grenfell (Quondong Rd) set a daily record precipitation of 84.6 mm (3.3 in) on 12 February 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

263 stations

263 station records on 12 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tullibigeal (Wattle Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Behtungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	91.0 cm (35.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goela	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 12 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 12 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

229 broken records

Margins by which the 229 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1942

Top 20 records on 12 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1942	Grenfell (Quondong Rd), AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1942	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Tullibigeal (Wattle Park), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Behtungra Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Syfergat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Orange 3, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Limon 10 SSW, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1942	Twin Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1942	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	2 years	32 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 263 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1942-02-12: 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	223
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1