Weather Records on 12 April 1993

586 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1993. Highest significance: Nanambinia, AU.

Key Facts for 12 April 1993

On 12 April 1993, 586 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 565 daily.
Nanambinia set a daily record precipitation of 35.2 mm (1.4 in) on 12 April 1993.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

586 stations

586 station records on 12 April 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Samara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Pleine Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rib Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Offenbach/M. (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wise Rvr 3 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Casca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao Fish Hatchery	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rhebokskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coetzeekraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairchild Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dores Do Indaia (Cvsf)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Lcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rooirivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairchild Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aguiar da Beira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clintonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

586 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 12 April 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 12 April 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1993

Top 20 records on 12 April 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1993	Nanambinia, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1993	Montagu (Pol), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Stambaugh 2SSE, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Samara, RU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Eagle Rvr, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Springbok, ZA	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	114 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Eau Pleine Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Minocqua, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Rib Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Kleinfontein, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Long Lake Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Sugar Camp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Offenbach/M. (Stadt), DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Wise Rvr 3 WNW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Blackdown, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1993	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	45 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 586 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	425
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1