Weather Records on 8 April 1968

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1968. Highest significance: Ajana, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1968

On 8 April 1968, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 483 daily.
Ajana set a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 8 April 1968.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 8 April 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ajana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bunya Bunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falcondale - Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sunderland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Binnu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gleneva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record snow depth	261.0 cm (102.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grootpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Babbitt 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minilya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doornkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 8 April 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 8 April 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

428 broken records

Margins by which the 428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1968

Top 20 records on 8 April 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1968	Ajana, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Mumby, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Bunya Bunya, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Northampton, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Ogilvie, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Badnera, IN	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Nabawa, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Naraling, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Falcondale - Edeowie, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Sunderland, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Binnu, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Yamma, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Meadow Station, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Huntingdon, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Norddal, NO	monthly snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Hamelin Pool, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1968	Idomia, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)

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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1968. 1968 had 499 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 1968-04-08: 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 50	413
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1