Weather Records on 12 February 1992

992 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1992. Highest significance: Williamstown, AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 1992

On 12 February 1992, 992 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
328 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 974 daily.
Williamstown set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 12 February 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

992 stations

992 station records on 12 February 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Los Prietos Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salsipuedes Gaging STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Gregorio 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kersbrook (Mabenjo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
South Forest (Plummers Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Agustin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barstow-Daggett AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oolloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Alto	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Prieta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Citrus Exp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Catarina Sur	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palos Verdes Es Fc43D	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gracedieu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pyengana (Forest Lodge Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bitam	Gabon	Record low minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

992 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 493, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 12 February 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	493
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 12 February 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 974.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

865 broken records

Margins by which the 865 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1992

Top 20 records on 12 February 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1992	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1992	Pioche, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Mojave, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Pinnacles Np, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Los Prietos Rs, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Haikou, CN	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Salsipuedes Gaging STN, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	San Gregorio 2 SE, US	monthly rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Farmington, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Kersbrook (Mabenjo), AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	South Forest (Plummers Road), AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Orford (Aubin Court), AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Cachuma Lake, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	San Agustin, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Torrance AP, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Barstow-Daggett AP, US	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1992	Oolloo, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1992. 1992 had 992 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	733
20 to 40	72
40 to 60	36
60 to 80	16
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1