Weather Records on 12 February 2020

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 2020. Highest significance: Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU.

Key Facts for 12 February 2020

On 12 February 2020, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 737 daily.
Coramba (Glenfiddich) set a daily record precipitation of 228.4 mm (9.0 in) on 12 February 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 12 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.4 mm (9.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Emblem	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Navarro Mills Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cunyu Shearing Shed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ehlma Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Andice 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranga North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Angullong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lanark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Fld STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Minderoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clark 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stillhouse Hollow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lauriedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebank (Upper Coopers Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuyura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 12 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 12 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 737.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 2020

Top 20 records on 12 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 2020	Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU	daily rain	228.4 mm (9.0 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	126 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2020	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2020	Rison, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2020	Emblem, US	all-time snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	103 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2020	Woleebee Nevasa, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	82 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2020	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	147.7 mm (5.8 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2020	Navarro Mills Dam, US	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2020	Stanley 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 February 2020	Chimoio, MZ	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Cunyu Shearing Shed, AU	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Dunwich, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Ehlma Park, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Milesovka, CZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Rosser, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Andice 2 SW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Cooranga North, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Orange (Angullong), AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 2020	Saga, JP	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	48 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2020. 2020 had 754 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 50	583
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1