Weather Records on 12 February 1973

841 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1973. Highest significance: Umea, SE.

Key Facts for 12 February 1973

On 12 February 1973, 841 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 797 daily.
Umea set a daily record precipitation of 31.6 mm (1.2 in) on 12 February 1973.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

841 stations

841 station records on 12 February 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Jaffa (Jaffa Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parateca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Forest Res	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pikes Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	44.2 cm (17.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Washakie 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

841 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 436, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 12 February 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	436
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 12 February 1973 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 30, daily 797.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1973

Top 20 records on 12 February 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1973	Umea, SE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1973	Killdeer 8 NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1973	Bellata Post Office, AU	all-time rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1973	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	85 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1973	Texas Station, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1973	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1973	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1973	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Halden, NO	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Coolatai (Orana), AU	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Greta Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Kingstree, US	all-time low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Cape Jaffa (Jaffa Hills), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Delungra Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Rumbulara Vineyards, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1973	Bingara Post Office, AU	monthly rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	51 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 841 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 50	685
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	3