Weather Records on 12 February 1959

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1959. Highest significance: Michelago (Soglio), AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1959

On 12 February 1959, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 472 daily.
Michelago (Soglio) set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 12 February 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 12 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Reefs (Noorla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smith 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaldai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie-Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boree Creek (Richmond St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lammerkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 12 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 12 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1959

Top 20 records on 12 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1959	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1959	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Swartkoppies, ZA	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Manti, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Laborare, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Groot-Arendskraal, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Junee Reefs (Noorla), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Yinnar, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Smith 1 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Petrusville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Mangaldai, IN	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1959	Scipio, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	45 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 492 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	440
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1