Weather Records on 11 April 2012

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 2012. Highest significance: Presa Guadalupe, MX.

Key Facts for 11 April 2012

On 11 April 2012, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 799 daily.
Presa Guadalupe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 11 April 2012.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 11 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Presa Guadalupe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gran Canal KM. 06+250	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond Trail	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iquitos	Peru	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tazovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman Fisheries STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midway 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iida	Japan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tajga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 296, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 11 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	296
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 11 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

670 broken records

Margins by which the 670 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 2012

Top 20 records on 11 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 2012	Presa Guadalupe, MX	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 April 2012	Stratford, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 April 2012	Gran Canal KM. 06+250, MX	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 April 2012	Bogota/Eldorado, CO	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Ben Lomond Trail, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Albany, AU	daily high max	32.1 C (89.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Makurazaki, JP	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Green Rvr, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Old Faithful, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Skagway, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Iquitos, PE	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Paradise, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Thermopolis, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Tombstone, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Elizabethton, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	111 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 2012	Ventura, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	71 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

1800 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2012. 2012 had 806 records.

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

Records on 04-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1808	1
1809	1
1812	3
1818	1
1831	1
1832	1
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	2
1865	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1898	7
1899	11
1900	6
1901	4
1902	6
1903	13
1904	12
1905	20
1906	19
1907	7
1908	12
1909	30
1910	19
1911	19
1912	47
1913	48
1914	38
1915	127
1916	64
1917	62
1918	43
1919	42
1920	73
1921	32
1922	140
1923	89
1924	169
1925	197
1926	198
1927	156
1928	220
1929	214
1930	761
1931	185
1932	497
1933	481
1934	246
1935	261
1936	175
1937	245
1938	289
1939	611
1940	932
1941	579
1942	301
1943	546
1944	626
1945	890
1946	383
1947	478
1948	921
1949	402
1950	322
1951	623
1952	502
1953	594
1954	392
1955	610
1956	420
1957	508
1958	473
1959	582
1960	469
1961	532
1962	384
1963	450
1964	255
1965	763
1966	599
1967	757
1968	663
1969	353
1970	522
1971	495
1972	792
1973	1,479
1974	982
1975	851
1976	478
1977	1,231
1978	854
1979	977
1980	399
1981	1,036
1982	1,132
1983	1,040
1984	623
1985	952
1986	1,062
1987	440
1988	1,162
1989	1,931
1990	1,347
1991	1,287
1992	978
1993	722
1994	952
1995	2,134
1996	1,182
1997	3,077
1998	916
1999	1,318
2000	667
2001	1,865
2002	568
2003	1,156
2004	888
2005	930
2006	666
2007	962
2008	1,373
2009	1,102
2010	623
2011	1,664
2012	806
2013	1,482
2014	633
2015	399
2016	534
2017	489
2018	795
2019	812
2020	625
2021	892
2022	1,179
2023	1,036
2024	782
2025	1,177
2026	604

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	667
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1