Weather Records on 12 April 1994

1,375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1994. Highest significance: Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE.

Key Facts for 12 April 1994

On 12 April 1994, 1,375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 163 monthly and 1,204 daily.
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.7 mm (2.3 in) on 12 April 1994.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,375 stations

1,375 station records on 12 April 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ewing	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brotterode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Elgersburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	230.9 mm (9.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dresden	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Friedrichsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hagenbuchach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Murrhardt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roth Bei Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,375 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 725, Heaviest daily snowfall 93, Deepest snow cover 94.

Records on 12 April 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	725
Heaviest daily snowfall	93
Deepest snow cover	94

Records on 12 April 1994 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 163, daily 1,204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,183 broken records

Margins by which the 1,183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1994

Top 20 records on 12 April 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1994	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 April 1994	Schierke, DE	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	78 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Fulton, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Ulm, DE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Hoxie, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	95 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Eldon, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	92 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Teuschnitz, DE	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Harzgerode, DE	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Wilsonville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	98 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Rantoul, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Halle, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Schmucke, DE	monthly rain	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1994	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)

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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1994. 1994 had 1,375 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 100	1,111
100 to 200	63
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2