10 station records on 12 April 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 12 April 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Gilgoin
Australia
Record daily precipitation
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
24 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office
Australia
Record daily precipitation
20.6 mm (0.8 in)
18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite
Algeria
Record daily precipitation
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
17 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison
Australia
Record high minimum temperature
20.0 C (68.0 F)
16 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)
Germany
Record daily precipitation
9.0 mm (0.35 in)
16 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)
Australia
Record daily precipitation
5.6 mm (0.22 in)
8 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)
Australia
Record daily precipitation
16.8 mm (0.7 in)
5 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)
Australia
Record high minimum temperature
16.7 C (62.1 F)
4 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice
Canada
Record daily snowfall
3.8 cm (1.5 in)
2 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough
Canada
Record daily snowfall
2.5 cm (1.0 in)
2 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
10 records
Records set or tied on 12 April 1908 by type: Highest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 6, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.
Records on 12 April 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
0
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
2
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
6
Heaviest daily snowfall
2
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 12 April 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 10.
Records on 12 April 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
10
How Much Records Were Beaten By
8 broken records
Margins by which the 8 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 24.7. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 April 1908
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
1793 to 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1908. 1908 had 10 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 04-12 in each year
Year
Records
1793
1
1805
1
1810
1
1812
2
1817
2
1826
1
1831
1
1845
1
1850
1
1854
1
1865
2
1866
2
1868
4
1869
5
1871
1
1873
1
1874
5
1876
2
1877
1
1878
1
1879
4
1881
1
1882
1
1885
2
1889
4
1890
10
1891
3
1892
2
1893
4
1894
1
1895
1
1896
1
1897
4
1898
4
1899
5
1900
6
1901
5
1902
3
1903
10
1904
11
1905
19
1906
24
1907
5
1908
10
1909
16
1910
15
1911
26
1912
48
1913
88
1914
41
1915
125
1916
37
1917
33
1918
40
1919
39
1920
148
1921
34
1922
48
1923
134
1924
69
1925
178
1926
347
1927
179
1928
145
1929
141
1930
638
1931
267
1932
253
1933
551
1934
531
1935
171
1936
277
1937
236
1938
175
1939
1,174
1940
1,407
1941
869
1942
191
1943
614
1944
423
1945
884
1946
347
1947
733
1948
1,496
1949
358
1950
638
1951
1,102
1952
455
1953
707
1954
424
1955
611
1956
382
1957
910
1958
542
1959
513
1960
314
1961
551
1962
510
1963
518
1964
363
1965
659
1966
520
1967
682
1968
717
1969
352
1970
568
1971
587
1972
1,316
1973
903
1974
822
1975
704
1976
1,076
1977
1,069
1978
533
1979
1,096
1980
611
1981
1,068
1982
852
1983
877
1984
671
1985
734
1986
1,350
1987
606
1988
1,369
1989
1,838
1990
946
1991
1,484
1992
1,000
1993
586
1994
1,375
1995
1,173
1996
994
1997
3,094
1998
1,409
1999
873
2000
784
2001
1,369
2002
600
2003
1,079
2004
964
2005
536
2006
796
2007
1,144
2008
1,015
2009
811
2010
935
2011
1,026
2012
666
2013
1,039
2014
597
2015
504
2016
595
2017
519
2018
863
2019
685
2020
1,143
2021
709
2022
1,858
2023
1,260
2024
1,087
2025
1,282
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Data for records on 1908-04-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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.