Weather Records on 12 February 1947

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1947. Highest significance: Annanvale, AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1947

On 12 February 1947, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 682 daily.
Annanvale set an all-time record daily precipitation of 433.1 mm (17.1 in) on 12 February 1947.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 12 February 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	433.1 mm (17.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	401.8 mm (15.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Many Peaks Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	369.6 mm (14.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Boynedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	533.4 mm (21.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	333.8 mm (13.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coorada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Voewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Totara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gatcombe Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irish Lords	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yarral Yarral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Craigdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 447, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 February 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	447
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 February 1947 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 15, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 239.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1947

Top 20 records on 12 February 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1947	Annanvale, AU	all-time rain	433.1 mm (17.1 in)	205.8 mm (8.1 in)	32 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1947	Mount Larcom Post Office, AU	all-time rain	401.8 mm (15.8 in)	146.5 mm (5.8 in)	32 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1947	Many Peaks Post Office, AU	all-time rain	369.6 mm (14.6 in)	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	17 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1947	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	all-time rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1947	Boynedale, AU	all-time rain	533.4 mm (21.0 in)	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1947	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Ashland, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Calliope Station, AU	all-time rain	333.8 mm (13.1 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	The Wilgas, AU	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	all-time rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi), AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Calliope Post Office, AU	all-time rain	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	all-time rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	The Cedars, AU	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1947	Mullaley (Goolhi), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	48 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 710 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	598
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2