Weather Records on 12 April 1956

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1956. Highest significance: Langdon Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1956

On 12 April 1956, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 364 daily.
Langdon Exp Farm set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 12 April 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

382 stations

382 station records on 12 April 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozena	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Monica	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dante	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Piedra	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Giant Forest	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 12 April 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 12 April 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1956

Top 20 records on 12 April 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1956	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Maricopa, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Glen Morgan, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Pattiway, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Big Creek Ph 1, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Auberry 2 NW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Pasadena, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Priest Valley, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Berlin 91, ZA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Three Rivers Ed Ph 2, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Bishop AP, US	monthly low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1956	Senekal (Agr), ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1956	Ozena, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1956	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1956	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	monthly low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	44 years	33 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 382 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	331
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2