Weather Records on 1 April 2008

1,457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 2008. Highest significance: Wooroloo, AU.

Key Facts for 1 April 2008

On 1 April 2008, 1,457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
591 were record highs and 325 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 132 monthly and 1,321 daily.
Wooroloo set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 1 April 2008.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,457 stations

1,457 station records on 1 April 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wooroloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Galesville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tolt S Fk Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alberta Ford For Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milgun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tammin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chamingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cross Village 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kwinana Bp Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yarloop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muntadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nye #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,457 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 296, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 295, Lowest daily minimum 261, Heaviest daily rainfall 404, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 1 April 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	296
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	295
Lowest daily minimum	261
Heaviest daily rainfall	404
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 1 April 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 132, daily 1,321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,169 broken records

Margins by which the 1,169 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 2008

Top 20 records on 1 April 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 2008	Wooroloo, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2008	Bridgewater, US	monthly snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2008	Eldorado Springs, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2008	Hatfield, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2008	Belka, AU	monthly rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2008	Meckering, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Northam, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Dellyanine, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Osage, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Eldon, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Grass Valley, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Kojonup, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Kellogg, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Kellerberrin South, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Webster City, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	110 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Concord ASOS, US	monthly snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Galesville 2WSW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Tolt S Fk Rsvr, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2008	Bruce Rock, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	51 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

1803 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2008. 2008 had 1,457 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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Data for records on 2008-04-01: 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 100	1,146
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1