Weather Records on 8 April 1932

105 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1932. Highest significance: Maryborough, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1932

On 8 April 1932, 105 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 103 daily.
Maryborough set a daily record precipitation of 106.2 mm (4.2 in) on 8 April 1932.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

105 stations

105 station records on 8 April 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

105 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 103.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

90 broken records

Margins by which the 90 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1932

Top 20 records on 8 April 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1932	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1932	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1932	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1932	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	125.9 mm (5.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1932	Gympie, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1932	Howard Post Office, AU	monthly rain	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1932	Yengarie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1932	Tiaro, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1932	Yarraloola, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Raleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	New Madrid, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Cherdyn', RU	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Burra (Worlds End), AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Wandagee, AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1932	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	18 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1932. 1932 had 105 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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Data for records on 1932-04-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	76
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1