Weather Records on 8 April 1947

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1947. Highest significance: Durham, GB.

Key Facts for 8 April 1947

On 8 April 1947, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 256 daily.
Durham set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 8 April 1947.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

263 stations

263 station records on 8 April 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marmarth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 April 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 April 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

215 broken records

Margins by which the 215 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1947

Top 20 records on 8 April 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1947	Durham, GB	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Jaipur, IN	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Kuttiadi, IN	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Glenmorgan, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	De Smet, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Moran India, IN	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Biser, RU	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Gadhinglaj, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Marion, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Flandreau, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1947	Mahabaleshwar, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1947	Sheldon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1947	Haig, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1947	Harmati, IN	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1947	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1947	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1947	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	29 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1947. 1947 had 263 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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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	174
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	6