Weather Records on 8 April 1977

1,469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1977. Highest significance: Yan Yean, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1977

On 8 April 1977, 1,469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
722 were record highs and 367 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,413 daily.
Yan Yean set an all-time record daily precipitation of 143.0 mm (5.6 in) on 8 April 1977.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,469 stations

1,469 station records on 8 April 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pascoe Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Loch Valley Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove (Melrose)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fumina South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maribyrnong Explosives Factory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Licola Rwc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Acatlan de Osorio (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Ulupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Beaumont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lachin	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,469 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 605, Lowest daily maximum 249, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 343, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 April 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	605
Lowest daily maximum	249
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	343
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 April 1977 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 47, daily 1,413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,279 broken records

Margins by which the 1,279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1977

Top 20 records on 8 April 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1977	Yan Yean, AU	all-time rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 April 1977	Mickleham, AU	all-time rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Keilor (Arundel), AU	all-time rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Epping, AU	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Woori Yallock, AU	monthly rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Pascoe Vale, AU	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Essendon Airport, AU	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Prahran (Como House), AU	monthly rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Glenmaggie Weir, AU	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	all-time rain	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Whittlesea, AU	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Warburton, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1977	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1977	Inglewood (Post Office), AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1977	Loch Valley Plantation, AU	monthly rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1977	Eltham, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1977	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1977	Willow Grove (Melrose), AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	57 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

1798 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1977. 1977 had 1,469 records.

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

Records on 04-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1809	3
1815	1
1830	1
1837	1
1838	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	5
1865	1
1866	1
1871	3
1877	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	4
1890	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	9
1903	9
1904	7
1905	20
1906	4
1907	20
1908	18
1909	16
1910	20
1911	17
1912	84
1913	8
1914	42
1915	69
1916	100
1917	42
1918	43
1919	82
1920	90
1921	440
1922	117
1923	109
1924	194
1925	184
1926	164
1927	160
1928	450
1929	614
1930	261
1931	447
1932	105
1933	158
1934	190
1935	523
1936	662
1937	129
1938	813
1939	707
1940	254
1941	235
1942	359
1943	534
1944	283
1945	669
1946	337
1947	263
1948	569
1949	206
1950	932
1951	244
1952	562
1953	519
1954	322
1955	306
1956	621
1957	397
1958	360
1959	421
1960	366
1961	623
1962	470
1963	566
1964	814
1965	473
1966	315
1967	568
1968	499
1969	765
1970	399
1971	798
1972	1,636
1973	1,104
1974	559
1975	1,410
1976	383
1977	1,469
1978	822
1979	446
1980	755
1981	736
1982	2,690
1983	1,321
1984	1,041
1985	826
1986	901
1987	783
1988	1,224
1989	1,360
1990	907
1991	1,886
1992	534
1993	706
1994	678
1995	812
1996	1,289
1997	2,009
1998	1,101
1999	1,221
2000	817
2001	1,865
2002	761
2003	1,918
2004	676
2005	976
2006	680
2007	2,681
2008	896
2009	1,027
2010	1,128
2011	1,197
2012	407
2013	711
2014	715
2015	825
2016	924
2017	584
2018	1,745
2019	826
2020	916
2021	742
2022	930
2023	585
2024	1,256
2025	484
2026	407

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Data for records on 1977-04-08: 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 20	1,191
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1