Weather Records on 8 April 1974

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1974. Highest significance: Beltana Station, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1974

On 8 April 1974, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 544 daily.
Beltana Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.4 mm (2.0 in) on 8 April 1974.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 8 April 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beltana Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lamboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pedirka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bundooma Railway Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pirlta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ernabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edwards Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cavenagh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Songiston (Mtn STN)	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alberga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Gil (I.de Itaparica)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Copley (Yankaninna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 April 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 April 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1974

Top 20 records on 8 April 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1974	Beltana Station, AU	monthly rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1974	Lamboo, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1974	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Gibb River, AU	monthly rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Pedirka, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Bundooma Railway Siding, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Myponga, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Mount Dutton, AU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Lyndhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Pirlta, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Kalamare, BW	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Booleroo Centre (Willowie), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Frome Downs, AU	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Arkaroola, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Ernabella, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Blinman, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1974	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	26.9 C (80.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	68 years	50 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1974. 1974 had 559 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 25	449
25 to 50	41
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1