Weather Records on 28 February 2012

820 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 2012. Highest significance: Alexandria, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 2012

On 28 February 2012, 820 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
319 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 765 daily.
Alexandria set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 28 February 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

820 stations

820 station records on 28 February 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cobram (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roanoke Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Katoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wilson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koongawa (Retawon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Castlemaine Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Molyullah (Killanoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Clayton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuppal (Warragoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison (Arcadia (Sunnyville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

820 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 28 February 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 28 February 2012 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 50, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

681 broken records

Margins by which the 681 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 2012

Top 20 records on 28 February 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 2012	Alexandria, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 February 2012	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 February 2012	Kaycee, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 February 2012	Tungamah, AU	all-time rain	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	Cobram (Goulburn Murray), AU	all-time rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	105 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	Dalton Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	Manna Hill, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	Rochester, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	Woods Point, AU	monthly rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	E Lawai 934, US	all-time rain	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	Lake Eildon, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	105 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2012	Roanoke Rapids, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2012	Boort, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2012	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2012	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2012	Katoota, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2012	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2012	Finley Post Office, AU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2012	Korumburra, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	52 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

1796 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 820 records.

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

Records on 02-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1799	1
1814	1
1836	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	2
1849	1
1858	3
1860	1
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	1
1890	1
1893	5
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1898	1
1899	1
1900	6
1901	4
1902	22
1903	49
1904	10
1905	7
1906	30
1907	17
1908	34
1909	10
1910	39
1911	43
1912	29
1913	21
1914	66
1915	15
1916	44
1917	26
1918	13
1919	52
1920	45
1921	136
1922	102
1923	58
1924	98
1925	91
1926	140
1927	73
1928	72
1929	211
1930	132
1931	197
1932	649
1933	139
1934	821
1935	375
1936	311
1937	315
1938	275
1939	1,084
1940	602
1941	404
1942	291
1943	275
1944	468
1945	298
1946	336
1947	431
1948	1,017
1949	593
1950	480
1951	684
1952	239
1953	304
1954	519
1955	881
1956	336
1957	234
1958	622
1959	360
1960	1,068
1961	311
1962	2,575
1963	564
1964	265
1965	413
1966	604
1967	611
1968	640
1969	384
1970	545
1971	811
1972	1,324
1973	516
1974	568
1975	429
1976	1,155
1977	419
1978	1,057
1979	563
1980	926
1981	1,035
1982	797
1983	950
1984	1,175
1985	596
1986	1,293
1987	1,820
1988	810
1989	1,083
1990	1,394
1991	594
1992	1,154
1993	1,303
1994	1,320
1995	1,205
1996	1,555
1997	1,441
1998	1,055
1999	809
2000	1,239
2001	1,187
2002	1,619
2003	744
2004	896
2005	1,011
2006	1,257
2007	1,196
2008	897
2009	1,016
2010	900
2011	1,423
2012	820
2013	732
2014	1,280
2015	1,686
2016	1,000
2017	869
2018	1,502
2019	998
2020	583
2021	855
2022	748
2023	1,083
2024	1,108
2025	729
2026	1,479

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	672
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1