Weather Records on 12 February 1968

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1968. Highest significance: Yetman (Warialda Street), AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1968

On 12 February 1968, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 451 daily.
Yetman (Warialda Street) set a daily record precipitation of 85.3 mm (3.4 in) on 12 February 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 12 February 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Besonderheid"Byzonderhd."	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Sailor Jack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1968

Top 20 records on 12 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1968	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Inkerman Railway Station, AU	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Riverview, ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos), ZA	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Giru Post Office, AU	daily rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Besonderheid"Byzonderhd.", ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Inglewood Post Office, AU	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Boulder, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Goodooga (Brenda), AU	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	New Bern 3 NW, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Mercedes, UY	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1968	Tenterfield (Sailor Jack), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1968	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1968	Woomargama Estate, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	69 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1968	Kangela, Mtubatuba, ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1968	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 February 1968	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	32 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 456 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 25	318
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2