Weather Records on 12 April 2009

811 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 2009. Highest significance: Lawn Hill, AU.

Key Facts for 12 April 2009

On 12 April 2009, 811 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
420 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 797 daily.
Lawn Hill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 130.6 mm (5.1 in) on 12 April 2009.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

811 stations

811 station records on 12 April 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton 11 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Margaritas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lansdowne Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kemp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hiva-Oa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jendouba	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Park Creek Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thornleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elong Elong (Bendeela St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mediterranee	France	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

811 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 12 April 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 12 April 2009 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 797.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

620 broken records

Margins by which the 620 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 2009

Top 20 records on 12 April 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 2009	Lawn Hill, AU	monthly rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2009	Proa Station, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Millau, FR	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Wishek, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Bowie, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Ft Grant, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Rewan Station, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Perryton 11 WNW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Albany, AU	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Hurbanovo, SK	daily high max	25.9 C (78.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Clearwater, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Cimarron, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high max	23.6 C (74.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Ridgeway 1 S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Giru Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2009	Lowan Hills, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	39 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2009. 2009 had 811 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2009-04-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	604
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2