Weather Records on 12 February 2016

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 2016. Highest significance: Barrow AP, US.

Key Facts for 12 February 2016

On 12 February 2016, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
675 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 875 daily.
Barrow AP set a monthly record daily snowfall of 14.5 cm (5.7 in) on 12 February 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

912 stations

912 station records on 12 February 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Uliastai	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vigo Peinador	Spain	Record daily precipitation	136.5 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huesca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jinan	China	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zilair	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Valley	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pyongyang Intl	Korea, North	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belchertown	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fukue	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuguevka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuthbert	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruth	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laboulaye Aero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sektagli	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cottage Grove Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taejon	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pavillion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 334, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 341, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 12 February 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	334
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	341
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 12 February 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 875.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

781 broken records

Margins by which the 781 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 2016

Top 20 records on 12 February 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 2016	Barrow AP, US	monthly snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	99 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2016	Chariton 1 E, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	119 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2016	Uliastai, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Navacerrada, ES	monthly rain	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Vigo Peinador, ES	monthly rain	136.5 mm (5.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	16.4 C (61.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Huesca, ES	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Jinan, CN	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Prescott, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Auburn, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Williams, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Batesburg, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Zilair, RU	daily high max	10.1 C (50.2 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Santander Cmt, ES	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Parker, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Blagovescensk, RU	daily high min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	114 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2016	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	82 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 912 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	774
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1