Weather Records on 8 April 1915

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1915. Highest significance: Cataract River, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1915

On 8 April 1915, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 69 daily.
Cataract River set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 8 April 1915.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

69 stations

69 station records on 8 April 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dural Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaraleednie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 April 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 April 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 69.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

60 broken records

Margins by which the 60 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1915

Top 20 records on 8 April 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1915	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Burwood 1, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Dural Public School, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	71 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Brantford, CA	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Portland, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	9 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Mundoora, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Pitea, SE	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1915	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	29 years	17 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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1915. 1915 had 69 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	36
5 to 10	15
10 to 15	0
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1