Weather Records on 8 April 2024

1,256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2024. Highest significance: Tulihe, CN.

Key Facts for 8 April 2024

On 8 April 2024, 1,256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,025 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,220 daily.
Tulihe set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 8 April 2024.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,256 stations

1,256 station records on 8 April 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulihe	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hrazdan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tabilk (Tahbilk Winery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ronaldsway	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keppel Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hannover	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oschatz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jharsuguda	India	Record low maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zehdenick	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,256 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 443, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 582, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 April 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	443
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	582
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 April 2024 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 1,220.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,178 broken records

Margins by which the 1,178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 2024

Top 20 records on 8 April 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2024	Tulihe, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2024	Hrazdan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2024	Burgess Junction, US	daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Newell, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Mora, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	113 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Potsdam, DE	daily high min	14.6 C (58.3 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	144 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Tabilk (Tahbilk Winery), AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	28.7 C (83.7 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	144 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Gracemere Russell St, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	120 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	125 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Ronaldsway, GB	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily low min	2.7 C (36.9 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Shreveport, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2024	Angermunde, DE	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	98 years	47 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2024. 2024 had 1,256 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 100	1,175
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1