Weather Records on 8 April 1940

254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1940. Highest significance: Nebo, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1940

On 8 April 1940, 254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 241 daily.
Nebo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.9 mm (6.5 in) on 8 April 1940.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

254 stations

254 station records on 8 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	395.7 mm (15.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	328.9 mm (12.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	320.8 mm (12.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	258.8 mm (10.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

254 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1940

Top 20 records on 8 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1940	Nebo, AU	monthly rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	45 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1940	Strathmore, AU	all-time rain	395.7 mm (15.6 in)	240.8 mm (9.5 in)	6 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1940	Eton Police Station, AU	monthly rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1940	Mount McConnell, AU	all-time rain	328.9 mm (12.9 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	3 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1940	Woodhouse, AU	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1940	Inkerman Station, AU	all-time rain	320.8 mm (12.6 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Walkerston, AU	monthly rain	258.8 mm (10.2 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Woodstock Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Odesa, UA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Reid River Railway Station, AU	monthly rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Carlisle, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1940	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1940	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1940	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	33 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1940. 1940 had 254 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 1940-04-08: 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 50	218
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1