Weather Records on 8 April 1982

2,690 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1982. Highest significance: Ocala, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 1982

On 8 April 1982, 2,690 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 1,352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 230 monthly and 2,458 daily.
Ocala set an all-time record daily precipitation of 297.7 mm (11.7 in) on 8 April 1982.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 8 April 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	297.7 mm (11.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Untra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broadview	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juremal (Jurema)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,690 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 701, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 651, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 322, Deepest snow cover 491.

Records on 8 April 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	701
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	651
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	322
Deepest snow cover	491

Records on 8 April 1982 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 230, daily 2,458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,130 broken records

Margins by which the 2,130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1982

Top 20 records on 8 April 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1982	Ocala, US	all-time rain	297.7 mm (11.7 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 years	78 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1982	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1982	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Deland 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Gabes, TN	monthly low min	1.4 C (34.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Armour, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Untra, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Daytona Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Liberty 1 NE, US	monthly low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Mt Vernon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Valley Park, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1982	Gavle, SE	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1982	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1982. 1982 had 2,690 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 2026-10-16 (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 100	1,992
100 to 200	117
200 to 300	16
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1