Weather Records on 12 April 1988

1,369 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1988. Highest significance: Dorrigo Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 12 April 1988

On 12 April 1988, 1,369 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
551 were record highs and 355 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,349 daily.
Dorrigo Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 161.0 mm (6.3 in) on 12 April 1988.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,369 stations

1,369 station records on 12 April 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.6 mm (7.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	302.0 mm (11.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pokrovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wunburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Columba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chillingham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sim Jue Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buaraba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meldrum (Coolawarrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart/Echterdingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo (Myrtle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nufringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doon Doon (McCabes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.9 mm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dayboro Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kindon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tyalgum (Coodgee Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebank (Repentance Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corndale (Willow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.8 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maravale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha (Karori)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,369 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 402, Lowest daily maximum 218, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 12 April 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	402
Lowest daily maximum	218
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 12 April 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 1,349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,137 broken records

Margins by which the 1,137 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1988

Top 20 records on 12 April 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1988	Dorrigo Post Office, AU	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	192.6 mm (7.6 in)	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Numinbah, AU	daily rain	302.0 mm (11.9 in)	279.1 mm (11.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Pokrovka, RU	monthly rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1988	Mt Brisbane, AU	daily rain	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	Little Nerang Dam, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	McKenzie Creek, AU	daily rain	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	Wunburra, AU	daily rain	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	174.3 mm (6.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	Columba, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	Chillingham, AU	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	146.5 mm (5.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1988	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	65 years	53 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 1,369 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	1,093
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1