Weather Records on 12 April 1943

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1943. Highest significance: Warwick Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 12 April 1943

On 12 April 1943, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 604 daily.
Warwick Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 12 April 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 12 April 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darbys Falls (Riverslea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Omanama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 424, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 12 April 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	424
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 12 April 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 604.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1943

Top 20 records on 12 April 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1943	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Trundle (Brookview St), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Elandsfontein, ZA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Canton, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Darbys Falls (Riverslea), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Omanama, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Texas Station, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Kharagpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Bindango, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Dumka, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Kenton, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1943	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	34 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 614 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	540
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1