Weather Records on 12 April 1934

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1934. Highest significance: Attarikhat, IN.

Key Facts for 12 April 1934

On 12 April 1934, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 520 daily.
Attarikhat set a monthly record daily precipitation of 195.6 mm (7.7 in) on 12 April 1934.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 12 April 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nethercote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shimoga	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 April 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 April 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1934

Top 20 records on 12 April 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1934	Attarikhat, IN	monthly rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1934	Caiwarro, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Cavendish, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	White River, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir), AU	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Singimari, IN	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Kameruka (Kameruka Estate), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Worcester, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Blinkbonnie, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Northfield, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1934	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1934	Beechal, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1934	Storrs, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1934	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	32 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 531 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	417
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1