Weather Records on 12 February 1952

281 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1952. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 12 February 1952

On 12 February 1952, 281 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 268 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record snow depth of 12.0 cm (4.7 in) on 12 February 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

281 stations

281 station records on 12 February 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cunyu Shearing Shed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 102	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

281 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 12 February 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 12 February 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

223 broken records

Margins by which the 223 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1952

Top 20 records on 12 February 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1952	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Grand Falls, CA	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Grand Falls, CA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Causapscal, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Tadoussac, CA	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Longview, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Armagh, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Roberval Nord, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Caguas, PR	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Challis, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Plain Dealing, US	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1952	Adhoura, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1952	Minden, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1952	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1952	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1952	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1952	Mtn Home, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1952	The Forks, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1952	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1952. 1952 had 281 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	195
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1