Weather Records on 12 April 1981

1,068 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1981. Highest significance: Columbus Junction, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1981

On 12 April 1981, 1,068 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
656 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,029 daily.
Columbus Junction set a daily record precipitation of 81.8 mm (3.2 in) on 12 April 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,068 stations

1,068 station records on 12 April 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Leesville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clendening Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burgettstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edgemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tappan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Senecaville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bilasuvar	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,068 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 493, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 April 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	493
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 April 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 1,029.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

902 broken records

Margins by which the 902 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1981

Top 20 records on 12 April 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1981	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1981	Sigourney, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1981	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1981	Leesville Lake, US	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Upper Sandusky, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Washington, US	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Bedford, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Herford, DE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Monmouth, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Middlebourne, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Clendening Lake, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Burgettstown 2 W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Elk City 1NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Edgemont, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1981	Piedmont Lake, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	46 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 1,068 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 20	844
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3