Weather Records on 8 April 1943

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1943. Highest significance: Bunnawarra, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1943

On 8 April 1943, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 519 daily.
Bunnawarra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 8 April 1943.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 8 April 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coodingnow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dodballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun (1)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sulur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartsel	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaura	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 April 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 April 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 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 1943

Top 20 records on 8 April 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1943	Bunnawarra, AU	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Joseph, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Wells, US	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Morena, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Garden City, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Arsikere, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Irikkur, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Yalgoo, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Ambah, IN	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Idaho City, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Leoti, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Tanuku, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Scott City, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Fortaleza (Escola Regional), BR	monthly rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Annur, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Nagamangala, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1943	Bagepalli, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	36 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1943. 1943 had 534 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 1943-04-08: 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	440
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1