Weather Records on 8 April 1931

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1931. Highest significance: Bridgewater (Memsie), AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1931

On 8 April 1931, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
343 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 442 daily.
Bridgewater (Memsie) set a daily record precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 8 April 1931.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 8 April 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 April 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 April 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1931

Top 20 records on 8 April 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1931	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1931	Kanigiri, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1931	Uthankarai, IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1931	Barduar, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Hypoluxo, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	52 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Mason City, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Dubuque River, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Estherville 4E, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Iowa Falls, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Maple Plain, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Florence, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Faribault, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Madison Wb City, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Attarikhat, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1931	Rockford, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	24 years	22 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1931. 1931 had 447 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 50	381
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1