Weather Records on 8 April 2002

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2002. Highest significance: Ozark Beach 2 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 2002

On 8 April 2002, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 726 daily.
Ozark Beach 2 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 94.7 mm (3.7 in) on 8 April 2002.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

761 stations

761 station records on 8 April 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Natural Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Green Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ozone	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spiro	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Daisy 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kaspiyskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parks 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Odell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dewar 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pitchfork Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 April 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 April 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 726.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 2002

Top 20 records on 8 April 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2002	Ozark Beach 2 NNE, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2002	Abbott, US	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2002	Luling, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2002	Natural Dam, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2002	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2002	Green Forest, US	monthly rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Houston William P Hobby AP, US	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Wharton, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Lehigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Floresville, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Gonzales 2S, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Mansfield, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Ozone, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Spiro, US	monthly rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Daisy 4 ENE, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Jeddo 3S, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Eureka Springs 3 WNW, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2002	Harrison, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	52 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2002. 2002 had 761 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2002-04-08: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	506
20 to 40	72
40 to 60	32
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1