Weather Records on 12 April 1952

455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1952. Highest significance: Anadyr, RU.

Key Facts for 12 April 1952

On 12 April 1952, 455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 451 daily.
Anadyr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 12 April 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

455 stations

455 station records on 12 April 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkins	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ganmain (Dullah Dullah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeys Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

455 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 April 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 April 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1952

Top 20 records on 12 April 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1952	Anadyr, RU	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1952	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Grannis, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Genoa 2 W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Durant, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Subiaco, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Chambers, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Conroe, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Longview, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1952	Naples 1 SW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1952	Fulton, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1952	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1952	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1952	The Oaks John Street, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 455 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	382
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1