Weather Records on 8 April 1958

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1958. Highest significance: Regina, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 1958

On 8 April 1958, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 355 daily.
Regina set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 8 April 1958.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 8 April 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Regina	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guaicurus (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Donnacona	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record snow depth	297.2 cm (117.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 April 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 April 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

284 broken records

Margins by which the 284 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 661.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1958

Top 20 records on 8 April 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1958	Regina, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Pitkin, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Telluride 4WNW, US	monthly snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Bateman Rch, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Pitkin, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Silverton, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Pagosa Springs 1SE, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Pagosa Springs 1SE, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Goodland, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1958	Ames, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1958	Hermit 8 SE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1958	Pahala 21, US	monthly low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1958	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1958	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1958	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1958	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1958	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1958	Holly Springs 2 N, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	59 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1958. 1958 had 360 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	276
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1