Weather Records on 12 February 1944

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1944. Highest significance: Parrsboro, CA.

Key Facts for 12 February 1944

On 12 February 1944, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 453 daily.
Parrsboro set a daily record snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 12 February 1944.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 12 February 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	207.0 cm (81.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eulolo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balandapara	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Consentes Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khariar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Keolari	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iguatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 12 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 12 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1944

Top 20 records on 12 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1944	Parrsboro, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Selwyn Wrc, AU	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Parrsboro, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Lucknow Station, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Addanki, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Llanrheidol Station, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Blue Mountain, AU	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	146.5 mm (5.8 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Seoni, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Bimerah, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Geneva Exp STN, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Listowel Downs, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Reit Im Winkl, DE	all-time snow depth	207.0 cm (81.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Auburn, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1944	Eulolo Station, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	34 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 461 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 50	352
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1