Weather Records on 12 April 2021

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 2021. Highest significance: Kojonup, AU.

Key Facts for 12 April 2021

On 12 April 2021, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 688 daily.
Kojonup set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 12 April 2021.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 12 April 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Woodanilling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cherry Tree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ghurka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Boscabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wokalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Karara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chamingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warner Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Innadong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonolokan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coolangatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bokerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yoongarillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valern	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koorda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cranham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gairdner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrose 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Borden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wialki North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalbarri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eurardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 12 April 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 12 April 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 688.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 2021

Top 20 records on 12 April 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 2021	Kojonup, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 April 2021	Carnarvon Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	White Gums, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Woodanilling, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Mumby, AU	monthly rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Arthur River, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Cherry Tree, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Brunswick Junction, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Ghurka, AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Aldervale, AU	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Donnybrook, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Wundi, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Boscabel, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Elmira, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Northampton, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2021	Wagin, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2021	Wokalup, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2021	Karara, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2021	Chamingup, AU	monthly rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	92 years	56 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2021. 2021 had 710 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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Data for records on 2021-04-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	593
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1