Weather Records on 12 April 2014

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 2014. Highest significance: Herberton White St, AU.

Key Facts for 12 April 2014

On 12 April 2014, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
389 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 586 daily.
Herberton White St set a daily record precipitation of 57.0 mm (2.2 in) on 12 April 2014.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 12 April 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Biboohra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Terpenij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdown Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leknes I Lofoten	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eikemo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Barron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Takle	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flekkefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena (Wyoming)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Tyers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Svelgen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gullbra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Opstveit	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 April 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 April 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 586.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

515 broken records

Margins by which the 515 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

12 April 2014

Top 20 records on 12 April 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 2014	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	112 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2014	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2014	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2014	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2014	Tinaroo Falls Dam, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Biboohra, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Buchan South, AU	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Mys Terpenij, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Bulken, NO	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Dalatangi, IS	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Lansdown Csiro, AU	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Alfoten II, NO	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Nowa Nowa, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Rosendal, NO	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2014	Leknes I Lofoten, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	52 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

1793 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 597 records.

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

Records on 04-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1810	1
1812	2
1817	2
1826	1
1831	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	1
1865	2
1866	2
1868	4
1869	5
1871	1
1873	1
1874	5
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1881	1
1882	1
1885	2
1889	4
1890	10
1891	3
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	3
1903	10
1904	11
1905	19
1906	24
1907	5
1908	10
1909	16
1910	15
1911	26
1912	48
1913	88
1914	41
1915	125
1916	37
1917	33
1918	40
1919	39
1920	148
1921	34
1922	48
1923	134
1924	69
1925	178
1926	347
1927	179
1928	145
1929	141
1930	638
1931	267
1932	253
1933	551
1934	531
1935	171
1936	277
1937	236
1938	175
1939	1,174
1940	1,407
1941	869
1942	191
1943	614
1944	423
1945	884
1946	347
1947	733
1948	1,496
1949	358
1950	638
1951	1,102
1952	455
1953	707
1954	424
1955	611
1956	382
1957	910
1958	542
1959	513
1960	314
1961	551
1962	510
1963	518
1964	363
1965	659
1966	520
1967	682
1968	717
1969	352
1970	568
1971	587
1972	1,316
1973	903
1974	822
1975	704
1976	1,076
1977	1,069
1978	533
1979	1,096
1980	611
1981	1,068
1982	852
1983	877
1984	671
1985	734
1986	1,350
1987	606
1988	1,369
1989	1,838
1990	946
1991	1,484
1992	1,000
1993	586
1994	1,375
1995	1,173
1996	994
1997	3,094
1998	1,409
1999	873
2000	784
2001	1,369
2002	600
2003	1,079
2004	964
2005	536
2006	796
2007	1,144
2008	1,015
2009	811
2010	935
2011	1,026
2012	666
2013	1,039
2014	597
2015	504
2016	595
2017	519
2018	868
2019	685
2020	1,150
2021	710
2022	1,862
2023	1,262
2024	1,086
2025	1,281
2026	622

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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 25	476
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1