Weather Records on 12 April 1998

1,409 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1998. Highest significance: Yardea, AU.

Key Facts for 12 April 1998

On 12 April 1998, 1,409 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
670 were record highs and 265 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,340 daily.
Yardea set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 12 April 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,409 stations

1,409 station records on 12 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hilltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Yeltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown (Glen Gillian)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte-Yarcowie (Gum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roxby Downs (Parakylia Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poochera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Lindarnoe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Knob (Gilles Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karcultaby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haslam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,409 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 331, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 339, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 442, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 12 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	331
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	339
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	442
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 12 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 62, daily 1,340.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,158 broken records

Margins by which the 1,158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 1998

Top 20 records on 12 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1998	Yardea, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 April 1998	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 April 1998	Kadina, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Mundoora, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	76 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Bute, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	106 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak), AU	monthly rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Siam, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Appila, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Port Augusta West, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Thurlga, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Coondambo, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Mount Wudinna, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1998	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	62 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 1,409 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	1,082
20 to 40	62
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2