Weather Records on 12 April 1960

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1960. Highest significance: Canton, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1960

On 12 April 1960, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 313 daily.
Canton set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 12 April 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 12 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Francis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 12 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 313.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1960

Top 20 records on 12 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1960	Canton, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1960	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1960	Burlington, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1960	Twin Peaks, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1960	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1960	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Artesia 6S, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Mountainair, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Scottsboro, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	St Peter, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Sparta 1 W, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Magdalena, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Serra Talhada, BR	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Liberal, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Hobbs, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Santa Fe, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 April 1960	Zharkent, KZ	daily low min	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	42 years	26 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 314 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 10	223
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1