Weather Records on 12 February 1998

1,437 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1998. Highest significance: Macabuzinho, BR.

Key Facts for 12 February 1998

On 12 February 1998, 1,437 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,032 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 1,325 daily.
Macabuzinho set an all-time record daily precipitation of 190.9 mm (7.5 in) on 12 February 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,437 stations

1,437 station records on 12 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Macabuzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	190.9 mm (7.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Usina Quissama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	292.0 mm (11.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Oratorio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Dourado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Japuiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rhum: Kinloch	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Ribeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laranja da Terra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gavioes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moyale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,437 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 480, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 552, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 12 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	480
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	552
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 12 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 107, daily 1,325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,270 broken records

Margins by which the 1,270 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1998

Top 20 records on 12 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1998	Macabuzinho, BR	all-time rain	190.9 mm (7.5 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1998	Usina Quissama, BR	all-time rain	292.0 mm (11.5 in)	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	7 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1998	Staunton Wtp, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1998	Le Claire L&D 14, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Memooloo, AU	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Galway, IE	monthly high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	110 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Armagh, GB	monthly high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Durham, GB	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	115 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Durham, GB	daily high min	10.1 C (50.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Boggabri (Kanownda), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Fazenda Oratorio, BR	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Arcturus Downs, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Wien, AT	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Uccle, BE	daily high max	15.1 C (59.2 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	141 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Virginia City, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1998	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily high max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	98 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 1,437 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	1,235
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1