Weather Records on 8 April 1960

366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1960. Highest significance: Ft Yukon, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 1960

On 8 April 1960, 366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 358 daily.
Ft Yukon set a daily record snowfall of 7.6 cm (3.0 in) on 8 April 1960.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

366 stations

366 station records on 8 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Yukon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

366 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1960

Top 20 records on 8 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1960	Ft Yukon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1960	Penedo, BR	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1960	Le Bourget, FR	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Chardzhev, TM	monthly low min	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Wyloo, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Barkerville, CA	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Durham, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Uccle, BE	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	65 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Aachen, DE	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	59 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Astana, KZ	daily low min	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Huajuapan de Leon (Smn), MX	monthly low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Listowel, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Tbilisi, GE	daily low max	4.9 C (40.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Port Stanley, CA	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Kumily, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1960	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	50 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1960. 1960 had 366 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 1960-04-08: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	255
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2