Weather Records on 12 April 1929

141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1929. Highest significance: Gloversville, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1929

On 12 April 1929, 141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 141 daily.
Gloversville set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 12 April 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

141 stations

141 station records on 12 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

141 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 57, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 141.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

115 broken records

Margins by which the 115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1929

Top 20 records on 12 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1929	Gloversville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1929	Oneonta 1 S, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1929	Newton, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1929	Medford, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1929	Salisbury, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1929	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Millsboro, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Amherst, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Medford, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Belvidere, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	45 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Clark, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Haparanda, SE	daily high min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1929	Eutawville, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 141 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	110
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1