Weather Records on 12 April 1972

1,316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1972. Highest significance: New Salem 5NW, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1972

On 12 April 1972, 1,316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
737 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 136 monthly and 1,180 daily.
New Salem 5NW set a daily record precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 12 April 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,316 stations

1,316 station records on 12 April 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulu-Teljak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conda	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Round Grove	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chemult	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Matias-Montante (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein 11,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,316 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 347, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 390, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 12 April 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	347
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	390
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 12 April 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 136, daily 1,180.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,107 broken records

Margins by which the 1,107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 206.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1972

Top 20 records on 12 April 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1972	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1972	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Ufa, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Waterville 2, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Grafton, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Ada, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Grand Forks Intl AP, US	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Ulu-Teljak, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Conda, US	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Round Grove, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Monticello 3 NE, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Round Grove, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Coalville, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	El Reno 1 N, US	monthly high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1972	Manchester 4 W, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 1,316 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 50	1,056
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2