Weather Records on 12 April 2013

1,039 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 2013. Highest significance: Marion, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 2013

On 12 April 2013, 1,039 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,019 daily.
Marion set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 12 April 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,039 stations

1,039 station records on 12 April 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marion	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluestone Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oxelosund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belgamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Esmeralda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lesjofors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aitkin 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Dale 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regna_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,039 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 167, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 84, Deepest snow cover 105.

Records on 12 April 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	167
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	84
Deepest snow cover	105

Records on 12 April 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 1,019.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

835 broken records

Margins by which the 835 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 April 2013

Top 20 records on 12 April 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 2013	Marion, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	112 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2013	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2013	Orebro, SE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	122 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2013	Nora_D, SE	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	127 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2013	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 April 2013	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Coen Airport Evap, AU	daily rain	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Burkes Garden, US	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	105 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Bluestone Lake, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Solon Springs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Princeton, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Bridgeport, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Iroquois, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Oxelosund, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Wadena 3 S, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Chadron 3SW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Water Valley, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 2013	Belgamba, AU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	45 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2013. 2013 had 1,039 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

Download the Data

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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	738
50 to 100	49
100 to 150	30
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	2