Weather Records on 8 April 2006

680 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2006. Highest significance: Oregon City, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 2006

On 8 April 2006, 680 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 663 daily.
Oregon City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 8 April 2006.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

680 stations

680 station records on 8 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Clere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warden Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wattlevale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mirambeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.6 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenoom Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skyline 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bruce 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

680 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 663.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 2006

Top 20 records on 8 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2006	Oregon City, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 April 2006	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2006	Enid Dam, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	95 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2006	Mount Clere, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2006	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2006	Yarraloola, AU	daily rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Giru Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Ayr Dpi Research STN, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Roma Peak, AU	daily rain	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Atzalan, MX	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Wise 1SE, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Warden Bend, AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2006	Wattlevale Station, AU	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	127.7 mm (5.0 in)	17 years	48 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2006. 2006 had 680 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 2006-04-08: 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 20	514
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1