Weather Records on 14 April 2012

693 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 2012. Highest significance: Eldon, US.

Key Facts for 14 April 2012

On 14 April 2012, 693 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 675 daily.
Eldon set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 14 April 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

693 stations

693 station records on 14 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Creek Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portaceli	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bullhead City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Horse Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
California	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Sci Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vunisea	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	138.8 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bear Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

693 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 14 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 14 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

563 broken records

Margins by which the 563 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 221.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 2012

Top 20 records on 14 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 2012	Eldon, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	117 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 April 2012	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 April 2012	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 April 2012	Henshaw Dam, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 April 2012	Frontera Amatenango, MX	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Bright Angel Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Alpine, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Oak Creek Canyon, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Lindsay, US	monthly low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Pioche, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	122 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Fry, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Orderville, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Portaceli, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Bullhead City, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Visalia, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Versailles, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Altus Dam, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	Spur, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 2012	White Horse Lake, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	46 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

1801 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2012. 2012 had 693 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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 50	536
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2