Weather Records on 12 April 1932

253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1932. Highest significance: Windsor Kings College, CA.

Key Facts for 12 April 1932

On 12 April 1932, 253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 252 daily.
Windsor Kings College set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 12 April 1932.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

253 stations

253 station records on 12 April 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nasik	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Elliot Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

253 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 12 April 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 April 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1932

Top 20 records on 12 April 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1932	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1932	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1932	Watervale (Springvale), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1932	Laurel Hill (Kundiewa), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1932	Tallangatta (Bullioh), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1932	Lewiston, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1932	Worcester, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Concord, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	monthly rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Ashland, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Farmington, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Pattukkottai, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Southampton, CA	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1932	Tiruvadanai, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	25 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 253 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	163
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1