Weather Records on 8 April 1987

783 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1987. Highest significance: Camden on Gauley 2 SW, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 1987

On 8 April 1987, 783 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
380 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 749 daily.
Camden on Gauley 2 SW set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 8 April 1987.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

783 stations

783 station records on 8 April 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kwinana Bp Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dwellingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wokalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yoongarillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Culicup Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Mervyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guaxupe Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Calcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parkfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Gully Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Guerrero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McAlinden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

783 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 8 April 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 8 April 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 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 1987

Top 20 records on 8 April 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1987	Camden on Gauley 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1987	Mandurah Park, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1987	Rottnest Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1987	Fremantle, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1987	Marradong, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Tshakhuma, ZA	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Pinjarra, AU	daily rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Kwinana Bp Refinery, AU	monthly rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Bangalup, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Harvey Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Fairbridge, AU	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Dwellingup, AU	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Armadale, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Wokalup, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Waroona, AU	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Entabeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Yoongarillup, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1987	Culicup Estate, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	43 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1987. 1987 had 783 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 1987-04-08: 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 2026-10-17 (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	615
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2