Weather Records on 8 April 1912

84 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1912. Highest significance: Vinga, SE.

Key Facts for 8 April 1912

On 8 April 1912, 84 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 79 daily.
Vinga set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.7 mm (1.2 in) on 8 April 1912.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

84 stations

84 station records on 8 April 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

84 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1912 by type: Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 59.

Records on 8 April 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 April 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 79.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

78 broken records

Margins by which the 78 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1912

Top 20 records on 8 April 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1912	Vinga, SE	monthly rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1912	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1912	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1912	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1912	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1912	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1912	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Varberg, SE	daily rain	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1912	Halden, NO	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1912. 1912 had 84 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 April 1912
Margin	Records
0 to 10	59
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2