Weather Records on 8 April 1939

707 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1939. Highest significance: Tatura Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1939

On 8 April 1939, 707 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 654 daily.
Tatura Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 105.9 mm (4.2 in) on 8 April 1939.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

707 stations

707 station records on 8 April 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gooram Gong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barjarg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Piree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cherapalaseri	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maunawili Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moroco East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uardry (Oolambeyan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

707 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 192, Heaviest daily rainfall 322, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 April 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	192
Heaviest daily rainfall	322
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 April 1939 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 41, daily 654.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1939

Top 20 records on 8 April 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1939	Tatura Post Office, AU	all-time rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 April 1939	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1939	Nagambie Cba, AU	all-time rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1939	Gooram Gong, AU	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1939	Barjarg, AU	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1939	Eversley, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Kyneton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Alexandra (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Molka (Lowana), AU	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Boxwood, AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Euroa, AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Mansfield 2, AU	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Bonnie Doon Garage, AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Ruffy, AU	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Deer Park, AU	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	all-time rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Canoon, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1939	Piree, AU	all-time rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	48 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1939. 1939 had 707 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 1939-04-08: 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	522
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1