Weather Records on 12 February 1956

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1956. Highest significance: Dontsa, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 February 1956

On 12 February 1956, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 387 daily.
Dontsa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.5 mm (3.0 in) on 12 February 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 12 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quipapa (Rfn)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Isa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 12 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 12 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1956

Top 20 records on 12 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1956	Dontsa, ZA	monthly rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Kankakee 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Albanel, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Mistassini Post, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Whiting, US	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Drummondville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Wheatfield, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Vega 2NW, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Riva, IT	daily low min	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Albanel, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily low max	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	all-time low min	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low max	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Freiburg, DE	daily low max	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1956	Brejo Santo, BR	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	37 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 402 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	339
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1