Weather Records on 8 April 1994

678 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1994. Highest significance: Chitradurga, IN.

Key Facts for 8 April 1994

On 8 April 1994, 678 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 666 daily.
Chitradurga set an all-time record daily precipitation of 271.0 mm (10.7 in) on 8 April 1994.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

678 stations

678 station records on 8 April 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Jiexiu	China	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itauninhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coronel Murta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campina Verde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joquicingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Island Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chinacates	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turuhansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandfontein (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grayland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Joya de Salas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Drum	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carta Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dubrovnik	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Invercargill Airpor	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Novy-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Doce	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

678 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 141, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 8 April 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	141
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 8 April 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 666.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1994

Top 20 records on 8 April 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1994	Chitradurga, IN	all-time rain	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1994	Jiexiu, CN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Yulin, CN	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	San Bernabe, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Buxton, GB	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	129 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Bombay/Santacruz, IN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Big Moose 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Itauninhas, BR	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Vaalpan, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Westhope, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Spencer, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Allende (Smn), MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1994	Ratnagiri, IN	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1994	Powers Lake 1N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1994	Wills Pt, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1994	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	34 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1994. 1994 had 678 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	558
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1