Weather Records on 16 April 2012

1,015 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 2012. Highest significance: Cass Lake, US.

Key Facts for 16 April 2012

On 16 April 2012, 1,015 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
492 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 999 daily.
Cass Lake set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 16 April 2012.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,015 stations

1,015 station records on 16 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wright 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Triunfo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrold 12 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunflint Lake 10 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dubrovnik	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Esperanza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,015 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 281, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 300, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	281
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 999.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

796 broken records

Margins by which the 796 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 2012

Top 20 records on 16 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 2012	Cass Lake, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 April 2012	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2012	Wessington Springs, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	112 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2012	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2012	Leech Lake, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2012	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	117 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2012	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2012	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2012	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 April 2012	Wright 3 E, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Palacios Muni AP, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Cloquet, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Wheaton, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Potosi 4 SW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 2012	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	48 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 1,015 records.

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

Records on 04-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1801	2
1809	1
1816	1
1823	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1842	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1852	2
1853	2
1855	1
1858	2
1862	2
1865	4
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1880	5
1883	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1896	4
1897	1
1898	1
1899	14
1900	7
1901	4
1902	5
1903	6
1904	48
1905	15
1906	12
1907	25
1908	31
1909	6
1910	31
1911	11
1912	24
1913	35
1914	43
1915	16
1916	17
1917	50
1918	36
1919	53
1920	88
1921	73
1922	75
1923	72
1924	131
1925	141
1926	325
1927	245
1928	506
1929	269
1930	229
1931	322
1932	344
1933	379
1934	385
1935	608
1936	272
1937	252
1938	573
1939	499
1940	243
1941	438
1942	645
1943	716
1944	322
1945	732
1946	378
1947	877
1948	386
1949	346
1950	492
1951	542
1952	323
1953	681
1954	488
1955	377
1956	515
1957	335
1958	730
1959	360
1960	478
1961	938
1962	737
1963	827
1964	679
1965	575
1966	425
1967	1,027
1968	448
1969	1,171
1970	511
1971	779
1972	850
1973	974
1974	291
1975	559
1976	2,099
1977	831
1978	669
1979	573
1980	596
1981	779
1982	934
1983	1,174
1984	712
1985	642
1986	1,041
1987	735
1988	1,077
1989	676
1990	964
1991	448
1992	898
1993	1,067
1994	928
1995	937
1996	924
1997	699
1998	2,069
1999	1,330
2000	1,052
2001	741
2002	2,494
2003	1,166
2004	609
2005	504
2006	1,423
2007	1,788
2008	889
2009	854
2010	634
2011	1,279
2012	1,015
2013	1,372
2014	1,436
2015	574
2016	742
2017	441
2018	2,238
2019	413
2020	867
2021	580
2022	994
2023	708
2024	746
2025	802
2026	1,065

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	760
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1