Weather Records on 8 April 1949

206 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1949. Highest significance: Sagar Island, IN.

Key Facts for 8 April 1949

On 8 April 1949, 206 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 203 daily.
Sagar Island set a daily record precipitation of 72.9 mm (2.9 in) on 8 April 1949.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

206 stations

206 station records on 8 April 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meycode Adandai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Puthendam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Government Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barachatti	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

206 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

164 broken records

Margins by which the 164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1949

Top 20 records on 8 April 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1949	Sagar Island, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1949	Musiri, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1949	Monte Santo, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1949	Arambagh, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1949	Dindigul, IN	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1949	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1949	Talavadi, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1949	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	20.1 C (68.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Seetapal, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Remanso, BR	all-time rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Meycode Adandai, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Brejo Do Cruz, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Gobichettipalaya, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Avanashi, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Oak Hills Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Milagres, BR	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Paratinga, BR	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Ernakulam, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1949	Puthendam, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	25 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1949. 1949 had 206 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 1949-04-08: 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 10	131
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2