Weather Records on 12 April 1923

134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1923. Highest significance: Margate Collins St, AU.

Key Facts for 12 April 1923

On 12 April 1923, 134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 131 daily.
Margate Collins St set a daily record precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 12 April 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

134 stations

134 station records on 12 April 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

134 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 April 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 April 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 131.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

113 broken records

Margins by which the 113 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1923

Top 20 records on 12 April 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1923	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1923	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1923	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1923	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1923	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1923	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Minnedosa, CA	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	23.5 C (74.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Haliburton A, CA	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Minden, US	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Parry Sound, CA	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Port Stanley, CA	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Holly Springs 2 N, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1923	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 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

1793 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1923. 1923 had 134 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	868
2019	685
2020	1,150
2021	710
2022	1,862
2023	1,262
2024	1,086
2025	1,281
2026	622

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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 20	95
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1