Weather Records on 17 April 2012

920 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 2012. Highest significance: Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU.

Key Facts for 17 April 2012

On 17 April 2012, 920 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
432 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 897 daily.
Drake (Village Resource Centre set a daily record precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 17 April 2012.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

920 stations

920 station records on 17 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Aspindza	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Valladolid (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carbean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zelenchukskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton Olympic Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Villa del Carbon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tummurrami	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burilda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cunninghams Gap National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chetumal (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Point Lookout Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bombana (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Applethorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dziuche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hightower	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

920 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 227, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 182, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 17 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	227
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	182
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 17 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

765 broken records

Margins by which the 765 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 2012

Top 20 records on 17 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 2012	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2012	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	108 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2012	Aspindza, GE	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2012	Valladolid (Dge), MX	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Spring Creek, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Melva, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Jackman, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Carbean, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Zelenchukskaja, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Grafton Olympic Pool, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Villa del Carbon, MX	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Watertown, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Northfield, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Pratten, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Mundagai, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Poretskoye, RU	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2012	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	98 years	41 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

1799 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2012. 2012 had 920 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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	758
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1