Weather Records on 12 February 2000

929 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 2000. Highest significance: Henbury, AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 2000

On 12 February 2000, 929 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
511 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 912 daily.
Henbury set a daily record precipitation of 88.0 mm (3.5 in) on 12 February 2000.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

929 stations

929 station records on 12 February 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Maryvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Temascal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eyre (Mulka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Todd River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minilya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn (Tepco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Milpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tejocotes	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Willow Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sutter Hill Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Otis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fiddletown Dexter Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Double Four Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Clayton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Capulines	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

929 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 307, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 12 February 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	307
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 12 February 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 912.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

711 broken records

Margins by which the 711 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 2000

Top 20 records on 12 February 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 2000	Henbury, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2000	Yarronvale, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2000	Mungeranie, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2000	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2000	Maryvale, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Mount Lyndhurst, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Holton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Iowa Hill, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Ufa, RU	daily high min	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Mt Holly 4 NE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Holdrege, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Stratton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Temascal, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Kazan, RU	daily high min	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2000	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	84 years	38 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2000. 2000 had 929 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	679
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2