Weather Records on 8 April 1936

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1936. Highest significance: Gormandale East, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1936

On 8 April 1936, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 356 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 632 daily.
Gormandale East set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 8 April 1936.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

662 stations

662 station records on 8 April 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Viticulture College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 298, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 8 April 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	298
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 April 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1936

Top 20 records on 8 April 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1936	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Yarram, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Alberton Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Woodside, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Milawa Brown Bros, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Romsey, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Giffard, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Wallan (Walnarring), AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Dutson, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Traralgon, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1936	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1936. 1936 had 662 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1936-04-08: 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	503
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1