Weather Records on 4 April 2012

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 2012. Highest significance: Concordia ASOS, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 2012

On 4 April 2012, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
441 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 801 daily.
Concordia ASOS set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 4 April 2012.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 4 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mys Krilon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
John Day	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
John Day	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sunndalsora III	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Donald	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Copainala	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Terpenij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joes	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 237, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 4 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	237
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 4 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 2012

Top 20 records on 4 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 2012	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2012	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2012	Mys Krilon, RU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2012	John Day, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2012	John Day, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Wallowa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Sunndalsora III, NO	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Kobe, JP	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	McCracken, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Seneca, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Kushiro, JP	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	110 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Belle Fourche, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Eldorado Springs, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Obihiro, JP	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Juzhno-Sahalinsk, RU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Houston, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Crosby, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2012	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	41 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

1794 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2012. 2012 had 830 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 2012-04-04: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	595
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1