Weather Records on 8 April 2004

676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2004. Highest significance: Kimberley, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 April 2004

On 8 April 2004, 676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
374 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 664 daily.
Kimberley set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 8 April 2004.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

676 stations

676 station records on 8 April 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boodjerakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fontenelle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plantersville 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mangut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kremmling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hazelton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Romanovka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

676 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 664.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

513 broken records

Margins by which the 513 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 2004

Top 20 records on 8 April 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2004	Kimberley, ZA	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Merredin, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	El Burrero, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Boodjerakine, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Bodoe VI, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Steigen, NO	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Lanihau 68.2, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Fontenelle Dam, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Dilia, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Chuxiong, CN	daily low max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	10.4 C (18.7 F)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Luroy, NO	daily rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Cambridge, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Moree, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Saguache, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Green Rvr, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	El Rito, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2004	Plantersville 2 SSE, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	39 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2004. 2004 had 676 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 10	467
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1