Weather Records on 12 April 1933

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1933. Highest significance: Karlshamn, SE.

Key Facts for 12 April 1933

On 12 April 1933, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 536 daily.
Karlshamn set a daily record precipitation of 27.8 mm (1.1 in) on 12 April 1933.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 12 April 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barsoe	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Herrs Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamau	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 422, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 12 April 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	422
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 April 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1933

Top 20 records on 12 April 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1933	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1933	Bijapur, IN	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Jath, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Chowghat, IN	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Bundi, IN	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Gurjala(Gurujala), IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Barsoe, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Nargund, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Mavelikara, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Herrs Island Dam, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Vengurla, IN	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Barsi, IN	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Janwada, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Malvan, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1933	Winchendon, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1933. 1933 had 551 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 20	454
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1