Weather Records on 12 February 1963

752 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 February 1963. Highest significance: Plant City, US.

Key Facts for 12 February 1963

On 12 February 1963, 752 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 728 daily.
Plant City set a daily record precipitation of 88.1 mm (3.5 in) on 12 February 1963.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

752 stations

752 station records on 12 February 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 February 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Manan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Silver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roby	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tamboril	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Recanto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

752 records

Records set or tied on 12 February 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 111, Deepest snow cover 62.

Records on 12 February 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	111
Deepest snow cover	62

Records on 12 February 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

638 broken records

Margins by which the 638 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 February 1963

Top 20 records on 12 February 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 February 1963	Plant City, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1963	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 February 1963	Everglades, US	monthly rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Lake Alfred Exp STN, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Grand Manan, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Serrinha, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Bradenton Exp STN, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Wauchula, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Silver City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Blue, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Redrock 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Safford, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Titusville, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 February 1963	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	81 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 752 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	576
50 to 100	55
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1