Weather Records on 13 April 2012

609 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 2012. Highest significance: Acton Escondido Fc261, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 2012

On 13 April 2012, 609 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
137 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 593 daily.
Acton Escondido Fc261 set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 13 April 2012.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

609 stations

609 station records on 13 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Acton Escondido Fc261	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paveletz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gillinge_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rimbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Mesilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby_S	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponza Island	Italy	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Callahan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valujki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tula	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Alto	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Margarita Boost	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville Ifg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holstein	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Husaro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huajimic	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asturias/Aviles	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

609 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 13 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 13 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 2012

Top 20 records on 13 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 2012	Acton Escondido Fc261, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2012	Ft Benton, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2012	Paveletz, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Gillinge_D, SE	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Gustavsberg, SE	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Cagliari, IT	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Rimbo, SE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Taylor, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	La Mesilla, MX	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Bedford, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Winnsboro, US	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Frontera Amatenango, MX	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	W Pt, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Norrby_S, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2012	Woodland Hills Pierce College, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 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

1798 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2012. 2012 had 609 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	511
2017	454
2018	913
2019	736
2020	2,050
2021	465
2022	2,172
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	850

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	480
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1