Weather Records on 20 April 2012

726 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 2012. Highest significance: Charles City, US.

Key Facts for 20 April 2012

On 20 April 2012, 726 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 701 daily.
Charles City set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 20 April 2012.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

726 stations

726 station records on 20 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	246.1 mm (9.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nabouwalu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boyne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tharwa General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cundancito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Udu Point	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stromlo Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dorchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mallacoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newhalem	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Curapca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

726 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 20 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 20 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 701.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

612 broken records

Margins by which the 612 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 2012

Top 20 records on 20 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 2012	Charles City, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	118 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2012	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	118 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2012	Kumejima, JP	monthly rain	246.1 mm (9.7 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2012	Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	117 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Borisov, BY	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Postville, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	115 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	E Jordan, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Nuevo Morelos, MX	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Petoskey, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Nabouwalu, FJ	daily rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Grangeville, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Orleans, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Boyne Falls, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2012	Viroqua, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 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

1807 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2012. 2012 had 726 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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	604
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1