Weather Records on 9 April 2012

640 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 2012. Highest significance: Sandefjord, NO.

Key Facts for 9 April 2012

On 9 April 2012, 640 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 623 daily.
Sandefjord set a daily record precipitation of 29.1 mm (1.1 in) on 9 April 2012.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

640 stations

640 station records on 9 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smola - Moldstad	Norway	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goteborg A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tekirdag	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melsom	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grebbestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edirne	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sunndalsora III	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Assateague	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Egersund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Langtry	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Pennant Hills (Cumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bragin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lysekil_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adiake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strathgordon Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Copainala	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aparri	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roslavl	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kjevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deir Zzor	Syria	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunbar	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhambejty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvaler	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

640 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 9 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 9 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 2012

Top 20 records on 9 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 2012	Sandefjord, NO	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2012	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Chiconautla, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Gomel, BY	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Smola - Moldstad, NO	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Sunnyside, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Goteborg A, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde, GB	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	San Felipe, MX	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Tekirdag, TR	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Chiang Mai, TH	monthly low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Melsom, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Grebbestad, SE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Edirne, TR	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Innsbruck, AT	daily low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Ft Grant, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Rosser, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Aralskoe More, KZ	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2012	Ixtayutla, MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	40 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2012. 2012 had 640 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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 50	542
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1