Weather Records on 12 April 2008

1,015 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 2008. Highest significance: Amasia, AM.

Key Facts for 12 April 2008

On 12 April 2008, 1,015 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
461 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 978 daily.
Amasia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 12 April 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,015 stations

1,015 station records on 12 April 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amasia	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Metepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Xicotepec de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Acateno (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	308.9 mm (12.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El Tajo -Tunel Viejo-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cheb	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Soledad (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	303.8 mm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Remolino (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Mercurio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Raudal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview 8N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	274.3 mm (10.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Peaje	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Almolonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mier Y Noriega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Derna	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Rosarito	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pesqueira	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,015 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 206, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 75.

Records on 12 April 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	206
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	75

Records on 12 April 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 978.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

802 broken records

Margins by which the 802 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 2008

Top 20 records on 12 April 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 2008	Amasia, AM	all-time rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	79 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2008	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2008	Metepec, MX	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2008	Xicotepec de Juarez, MX	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Bridgewater, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	San Juan Acateno (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	308.9 mm (12.2 in)	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Wheaton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	El Tajo -Tunel Viejo-, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Cheb, CZ	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Presa la Soledad (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	303.8 mm (12.0 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	El Remolino (Cfe), MX	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Hayward Rs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Nuevo Mercurio, MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	El Raudal, MX	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Brainerd, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Fairview 8N, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2008	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 1,015 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	773
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1