Weather Records on 12 February 2015

709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 2015. Highest significance: Lattakia, SY.

Key Facts for 12 February 2015

On 12 February 2015, 709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
589 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 692 daily.
Lattakia set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 12 February 2015.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

709 stations

709 station records on 12 February 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Machias	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Syr-Darja	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiksi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minidoka Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newburyport	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donner Mem Sp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nakanno	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uchur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moskalvo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pocatello 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pilvo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grants AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newark	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee Pangborn Mem AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

709 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 373, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 216, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 52, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 12 February 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	373
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	216
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 12 February 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 692.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

591 broken records

Margins by which the 591 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

12 February 2015

Top 20 records on 12 February 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 2015	Lattakia, SY	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2015	Aparan, AM	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2015	Machias, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2015	Zmeinogorsk, RU	monthly rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	126 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Ensay, AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Rumoi, JP	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily high min	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	128 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Syr-Darja, UZ	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Castle Dale, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	112 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Oakley, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Tiksi, RU	monthly high min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Jakutsk, RU	daily high min	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Manila, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2015	Garden Valley, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	39 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 709 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 2026-10-17 (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 100	572
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1