Weather Records on 12 April 1926

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1926. Highest significance: Cheraw, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1926

On 12 April 1926, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 343 daily.
Cheraw set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 12 April 1926.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 12 April 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ganmain (Dullah Dullah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 162, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 April 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	162
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 April 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1926

Top 20 records on 12 April 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1926	Cheraw, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1926	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1926	Yamma, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1926	Norddal, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1926	Society Hill 6 S, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Blackville (Welton Dale), AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Darlington, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Boston City WSO, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Coolamon Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Ganmain (Dullah Dullah), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Saint John, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Sydney, CA	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Eastport, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1926	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	23 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 347 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 10	248
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3