Weather Records on 12 February 1950

537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1950. Highest significance: Cairo 3N, US.

Key Facts for 12 February 1950

On 12 February 1950, 537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 514 daily.
Cairo 3N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 12 February 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

537 stations

537 station records on 12 February 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartsel	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halliford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

537 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 12 February 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 12 February 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1950

Top 20 records on 12 February 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1950	Cairo 3N, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1950	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Mena, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Amity, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	New Madrid, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Madrid, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Conway, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Ozark, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Bird City 10S, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Elwood 8 S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Cairo River, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Batesville L&D 1, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Colby, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Chambers, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Seymour 1 NNW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Greeley, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1950	Okemah, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 537 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 25	351
25 to 50	73
50 to 75	22
75 to 100	12
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	10
150 to 175	4
175 to 200	1