Weather Records on 12 April 1928

145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1928. Highest significance: Philippi, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1928

On 12 April 1928, 145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 143 daily.
Philippi set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 12 April 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

145 stations

145 station records on 12 April 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bongeabong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

145 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 56, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 April 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 April 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

129 broken records

Margins by which the 129 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1928

Top 20 records on 12 April 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1928	Philippi, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1928	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Fairmont, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Helena Wb City, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Helena Wb City, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.4 C (81.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily low min	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	St Cloud State Clg, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Reading Wb City, US	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	69 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Artern, DE	daily rain	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1928	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 145 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	109
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	4