Weather Records on 12 April 2017

519 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 2017. Highest significance: San Marcos, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 2017

On 12 April 2017, 519 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
343 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 516 daily.
San Marcos set a daily record precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 12 April 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

519 stations

519 station records on 12 April 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tarpley 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedara	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jabiru Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barbourville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Humpty Doo Collard Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cekunda	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McMinns Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuwait Internationa	Kuwait	Record high maximum temperature	42.9 C (109.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sutur	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westhampton Gabreski AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamtown Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arhara	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

519 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 April 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 April 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 2017

Top 20 records on 12 April 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 2017	San Marcos, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2017	Tarpley 3S, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	125 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Hebbronville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Puhi 1013, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Cedara, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Yakutat AP, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Darwin Airport, AU	daily low min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Jabiru Airport, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Nakhon Phanom, TH	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Lowell, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Jarrell, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Nixon, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Roswell Ind Air Pk, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Howard Springs, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2017	Paradise, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	36 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2017. 2017 had 519 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 20	424
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1