Weather Records on 8 April 1965

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1965. Highest significance: Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 1965

On 8 April 1965, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 468 daily.
Spooner Ag Rsch STN set a daily record snow depth of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 8 April 1965.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 8 April 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	206.0 cm (81.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boschkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roberts 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 8 April 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 8 April 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 468.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 710.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1965

Top 20 records on 8 April 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1965	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Mora, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Wadena 3 S, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily snow depth	206.0 cm (81.1 in)	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Cumberland, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Marydale (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Tbilisi, GE	daily low min	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Boschkloof, ZA	monthly rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	David City 4E, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Haparanda, SE	daily snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1965	Ganca, AZ	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1965	Grootfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1965	Calistoga, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1965	Roberts 3 N, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1965	Eldon, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1965	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1965	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1965	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	80 years	32 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1965. 1965 had 473 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	342
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1