Weather Records on 12 February 1957

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1957. Highest significance: Virden, CA.

Key Facts for 12 February 1957

On 12 February 1957, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 359 daily.
Virden set a daily record high maximum temperature of 2.2 C (36.0 F) on 12 February 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 12 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tamenlong	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.1 C (-45.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.6 C (-24.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zion Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 359.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1957

Top 20 records on 12 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14.4 C (25.9 F)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1957	Virden, CA	monthly high min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1957	Groot Constantia, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1957	St Thomas, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1957	Hatch, US	monthly high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1957	Sierra Madre Henszey, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Old Mapoon, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Trinidad, US	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Santa Paula, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high max	5.9 C (42.6 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Emerson, CA	daily high max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Globe Rs, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	La Pryor, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Santa Ana River Ph 1, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Kurgan, RU	daily high min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Luna Rs, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high min	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1957	Jerome, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	26 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 375 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 20	281
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1