Weather Records on 8 April 1917

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1917. Highest significance: Bird Rocks, CA.

Key Facts for 8 April 1917

On 8 April 1917, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 42 daily.
Bird Rocks set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 8 April 1917.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 8 April 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 9, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	9
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1917

Top 20 records on 8 April 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1917	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1917	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	St John's, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Lucknow, CA	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	10 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Owen Sound, CA	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Innsbruck, AT	daily low min	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Newport, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	8 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Port Dover, CA	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	16 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	10 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1917	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	18 years	10 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1917. 1917 had 42 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 10	28
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2