Weather Records on 8 April 1944

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1944. Highest significance: Penong, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1944

On 8 April 1944, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 280 daily.
Penong set a daily record precipitation of 27.7 mm (1.1 in) on 8 April 1944.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 8 April 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balandapara	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pottangi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tappen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Saltia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lochiel Saltworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 April 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 April 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

247 broken records

Margins by which the 247 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1944

Top 20 records on 8 April 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1944	Penong, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Varzea Alegre, BR	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Oberstdorf, DE	daily snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Bulgoo, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Claysville 3 W, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Moonta, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1944	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1944	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1944	Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1944	Angul, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1944	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1944	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1944	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1944	Springfield Elmwood Av, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	27 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1944. 1944 had 283 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 1944-04-08: 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 100	244
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2