Weather Records on 5 April 1912

44 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1912. Highest significance: Royal Observatory, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 April 1912

On 5 April 1912, 44 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 44 daily.
Royal Observatory set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 5 April 1912.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

44 stations

44 station records on 5 April 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

44 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 19.

Records on 5 April 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 April 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

37 broken records

Margins by which the 37 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 26.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1912

Top 20 records on 5 April 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1912	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1912	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Madison Wb City, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Armagh, GB	daily high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	5.9 C (42.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Dubuque River, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	21 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	23 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1912	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4 years	11 of 100 (Routine)

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

1809 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1912. 1912 had 44 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	29
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1