Weather Records on 12 February 1977

857 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1977. Highest significance: Buffelsfontein 14, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 February 1977

On 12 February 1977, 857 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
489 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 840 daily.
Buffelsfontein 14 set a daily record precipitation of 68.5 mm (2.7 in) on 12 February 1977.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

857 stations

857 station records on 12 February 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boesmansrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barnsdall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Foraker	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rjazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karnack	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

857 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 239, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 12 February 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	239
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 12 February 1977 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 840.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

715 broken records

Margins by which the 715 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1977

Top 20 records on 12 February 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1977	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1977	Carire, BR	daily rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1977	Pawhuska, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1977	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Miami, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Fredonia, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Idabel, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Weatherford, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Bathurst Ns,, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Billings, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Enid, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Taloga, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Ralston, US	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Fairview, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1977	Boesmansrivier, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	42 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1977. 1977 had 857 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	704
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1