Weather Records on 8 April 1971

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1971. Highest significance: Hendrikspan (Skl), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 April 1971

On 8 April 1971, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 368 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 765 daily.
Hendrikspan (Skl) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 8 April 1971.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

798 stations

798 station records on 8 April 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arrojado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tygerfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barra de Santa Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Olinda (Andreza)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groenvlei (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Cora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Tigre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madruskat	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Monte Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malhada Real	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strehla	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cadoux	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Nova Floresta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wolwekraal (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 269, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 8 April 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	269
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 8 April 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1971

Top 20 records on 8 April 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1971	Hendrikspan (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1971	Lowville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1971	Bethlehem, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Serra Talhada, BR	monthly rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Arrojado, BR	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Balfour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Tygerfontein, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Barra de Santa Rosa, BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Tweeling (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Gilman, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Nova Olinda (Andreza), BR	daily rain	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Paardekopplaas, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn", ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Makwassie, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Dixville Notch, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1971	Brockville, CA	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	40 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1971. 1971 had 798 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 50	619
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	2