Weather Records on 8 April 1981

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1981. Highest significance: Big Rapids Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 1981

On 8 April 1981, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
461 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 734 daily.
Big Rapids Wtp set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 8 April 1981.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

736 stations

736 station records on 8 April 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wiarton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iconha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ex Hacienda San Diego	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bongaree Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilgrims Rest (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beerwah Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banksia Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah (Taleswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 734.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 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 1981

Top 20 records on 8 April 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1981	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Richmond, CA	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Port Hastings, CA	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Wiarton A, CA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Grafton, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Pelee Island, CA	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Griffiss AFB, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Coloso, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Beerburrum Forest Station, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	19.8 C (67.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Ocampo, MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Mapleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Durham, CA	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Durham, CA	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Southampton, CA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Woodstock, CA	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1981	Palestine, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1981. 1981 had 736 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 1981-04-08: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	608
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1