Weather Records on 2 February 2012

1,122 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 2012. Highest significance: Somerton (Clermont Park), AU.

Key Facts for 2 February 2012

On 2 February 2012, 1,122 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 541 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 72 monthly and 1,043 daily.
Somerton (Clermont Park) set a daily record precipitation of 102.0 mm (4.0 in) on 2 February 2012.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

1,122 stations

1,122 station records on 2 February 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Somerton (Clermont Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Glen Burn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Havelock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Basin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Log Cabin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caldervale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woolomin (Culwulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lansdowne (Monterey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krivoj_Rog	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keepit Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Minderoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah (Rocky Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rosehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nindigully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Granite Heights)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyntupy	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatanga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dzalinda-1	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liubashivka	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beardmore Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Manilla (Carmarthen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Green Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,122 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 378, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 2 February 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	378
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 2 February 2012 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 72, daily 1,043.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

970 broken records

Margins by which the 970 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 2012

Top 20 records on 2 February 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 2012	Somerton (Clermont Park), AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2012	Gage AP, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2012	Bellata Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2012	Attunga (Garthowen), AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2012	Whyenbah, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	118 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2012	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2012	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	monthly rain	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	113 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Somerton (Glen Burn), AU	all-time rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Hudson, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Nowendoc (Beaufort), AU	daily rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	121 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Bangkok Metropolis, TH	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Summer Hill, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Havelock, AU	daily rain	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Basin Downs, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Barraba (Log Cabin), AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	127 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Nundle Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Caldervale Station, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2012	Woolomin (Culwulla), AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	12 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

1795 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2012. 2012 had 1,122 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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	954
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1