Weather Records on 17 February 2012

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 2012. Highest significance: Lordsburg 4 SE, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 2012

On 17 February 2012, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 429 daily.
Lordsburg 4 SE set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 17 February 2012.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 17 February 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Argovia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tan Son Hoa	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Lucia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Copainala	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Madero	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parana Aero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bangassou	Central African Republic	Record low maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record snow depth	205.7 cm (81.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Rosario	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record low maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago del Estero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hakodate	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Lerdo (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kitt Peak	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Media Luna	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ndjamena	Chad	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Montt	Chile	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Aguajito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Soledad Nte	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Divisaderos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Cerritos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna del Fresno	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Caitas de Felipe Pescador	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 17 February 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 17 February 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 429.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 2012

Top 20 records on 17 February 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 2012	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2012	San Jeronimo, MX	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2012	San Simon, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Luling, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Science Garden, PH	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Animas 3ESE, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Finca Argovia, MX	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Lampasas, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Schulenburg, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Phillipsburg-Easton Brg, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Tan Son Hoa, VN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Rush 1N, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Fort Huachuca, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Hachita 1W, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Santa Lucia, MX	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Jackman, US	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Copainala, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2012	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	92 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2012. 2012 had 444 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	313
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1