Weather Records on 12 April 1927

179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1927. Highest significance: Hohenwald, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1927

On 12 April 1927, 179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 176 daily.
Hohenwald set a daily record precipitation of 132.1 mm (5.2 in) on 12 April 1927.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

179 stations

179 station records on 12 April 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	183.0 cm (72.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

179 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 April 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 April 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 176.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

138 broken records

Margins by which the 138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1927

Top 20 records on 12 April 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1927	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	116.9 mm (4.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1927	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1927	Camp Crook, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1927	Menno, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1927	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	1.4 C (34.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Miles City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Miles City, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Waukomis, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Le Mars, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Sedan, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Steffenville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Stanton, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	W Pt, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Enisejsk, RU	daily low min	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1927	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	22 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1927. 1927 had 179 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 50	132
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1