Weather Records on 8 April 1979

446 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1979. Highest significance: Vineland Station, CA.

Key Facts for 8 April 1979

On 8 April 1979, 446 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 423 daily.
Vineland Station set a monthly record daily snowfall of 23.6 cm (9.3 in) on 8 April 1979.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

446 stations

446 station records on 8 April 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.4 cm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hkorol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.4 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turij Rog	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jimna Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bereznjaki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Do Jetiba (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbridge	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tara	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodslee Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Riem	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kipling 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

446 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 8 April 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 8 April 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

343 broken records

Margins by which the 343 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1979

Top 20 records on 8 April 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1979	Vineland Station, CA	monthly snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1979	Grimsby, CA	monthly snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1979	Durham, CA	monthly snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	90 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1979	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily snowfall	16.4 cm (6.5 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Hkorol, RU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Port Dalhousie, CA	daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Partizansk, RU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Arcade, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Portland, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Niagara Falls, CA	daily snowfall	16.4 cm (6.5 in)	9.3 cm (3.7 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Armagh, GB	daily low max	4.7 C (40.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Willow City, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	El-Ton, RU	monthly rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Goodna Ampol, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Turij Rog, RU	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1979	Tower 2S, US	monthly snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	36 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1979. 1979 had 446 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	328
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1