Weather Records on 4 February 2012

1,748 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 2012. Highest significance: Beaver City, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 2012

On 4 February 2012, 1,748 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 903 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 1,652 daily.
Beaver City set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 4 February 2012.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 529 records.

Record Map

1,748 stations

1,748 station records on 4 February 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thorndale	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Slogan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canaday Steam Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alyeska	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,748 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 508, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 395, Heaviest daily rainfall 393, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 135.

Records on 4 February 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	508
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	395
Heaviest daily rainfall	393
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	135

Records on 4 February 2012 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 79, daily 1,652.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,565 broken records

Margins by which the 1,565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 2012

Top 20 records on 4 February 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 2012	Beaver City, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Norton 9SSE, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Long Is 1N, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Genoa 2 W, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Independence, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Genoa, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	13 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Bradshaw, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Central City, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Raymond 2E, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Vici 1NNW, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Harrisonville, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Wallace 2W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Thorndale, US	all-time rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 2012	Genoa, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 2012	Hermann, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	59 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 1,748 records.

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

Records on 02-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	2
1826	2
1827	2
1828	2
1829	1
1830	2
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	2
1862	2
1869	3
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1882	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1897	2
1898	6
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	17
1904	4
1905	8
1906	8
1907	11
1908	23
1909	33
1910	13
1911	81
1912	83
1913	39
1914	31
1915	20
1916	25
1917	123
1918	80
1919	57
1920	76
1921	41
1922	86
1923	76
1924	276
1925	257
1926	149
1927	537
1928	547
1929	87
1930	316
1931	176
1932	329
1933	162
1934	200
1935	253
1936	497
1937	190
1938	481
1939	179
1940	339
1941	288
1942	378
1943	417
1944	244
1945	336
1946	506
1947	573
1948	585
1949	439
1950	502
1951	391
1952	751
1953	546
1954	853
1955	968
1956	713
1957	620
1958	393
1959	448
1960	421
1961	648
1962	968
1963	1,348
1964	608
1965	461
1966	573
1967	432
1968	298
1969	399
1970	1,195
1971	989
1972	666
1973	616
1974	368
1975	667
1976	672
1977	448
1978	594
1979	1,477
1980	591
1981	566
1982	1,812
1983	787
1984	588
1985	1,865
1986	1,550
1987	472
1988	1,006
1989	3,693
1990	1,546
1991	1,773
1992	952
1993	1,032
1994	597
1995	1,012
1996	3,525
1997	1,270
1998	1,331
1999	1,055
2000	531
2001	1,323
2002	1,232
2003	703
2004	1,431
2005	1,610
2006	633
2007	1,254
2008	1,331
2009	610
2010	1,384
2011	1,913
2012	1,748
2013	398
2014	530
2015	786
2016	1,023
2017	603
2018	1,241
2019	1,435
2020	1,198
2021	644
2022	954
2023	418
2024	911
2025	1,846
2026	782

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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	1,485
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1