Weather Records on 8 April 1990

907 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1990. Highest significance: Kahmoo, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1990

On 8 April 1990, 907 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 415 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 890 daily.
Kahmoo set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 8 April 1990.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

907 stations

907 station records on 8 April 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kahmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Battle Mountain 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Briceni	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Bundabarina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shurchi	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joacaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cardowan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao de Sao Joaquim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cachoeira Paulista (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

907 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 353, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 April 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	353
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 April 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 890.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

709 broken records

Margins by which the 709 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1990

Top 20 records on 8 April 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1990	Kahmoo, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 April 1990	Tashkent, UZ	all-time rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 April 1990	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1990	Battle Mountain 4SE, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Briceni, UA	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Lviv, UA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	San Pedro, MX	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Collarenebri (Bundabarina), AU	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Theebine, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Keflavik, IS	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Mo I Rana III, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Bolgrad, UA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Dandaloo (Skye), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Brumado, BR	monthly rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Mena, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Talbotton, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Morganton, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Lexington, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1990	Sedalia Wtp, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	40 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1990. 1990 had 907 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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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	697
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1