Weather Records on 12 February 1951

505 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1951. Highest significance: Bulwater, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 February 1951

On 12 February 1951, 505 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 497 daily.
Bulwater set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 12 February 1951.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

505 stations

505 station records on 12 February 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bulwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.4 C (-40.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shorlakode	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.2 C (-51.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	186.0 cm (73.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

505 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 12 February 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 12 February 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1951

Top 20 records on 12 February 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1951	Bulwater, ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Flora Valley Old, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Milan, IT	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	139 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Austral Downs, AU	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Tambar Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1951	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1951	Ord River, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1951	Hampton, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1951	Blackville (Welton Dale), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1951	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1951	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1951	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1951	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1951	Ft Morgan, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	36 years	29 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 505 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	378
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1