Weather Records on 9 April 2008

1,029 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 2008. Highest significance: Riverside 7 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 9 April 2008

On 9 April 2008, 1,029 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
413 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,004 daily.
Riverside 7 SSW set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 9 April 2008.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,029 stations

1,029 station records on 9 April 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lindsay 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bluff City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	Spain	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wright Patman Dm & Lk	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview 8N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Antoine 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,029 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 9 April 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 9 April 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,004.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

826 broken records

Margins by which the 826 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 2008

Top 20 records on 9 April 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 2008	Riverside 7 SSW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2008	Harrison, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	100 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2008	Lindsay 2 W, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2008	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2008	Muskogee, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2008	Bluff City 3 SW, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2008	Keo, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2008	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 April 2008	Beowawe, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Lehigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	113 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Burbank, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Hagansport, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Ashdown 4 SSE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Cadiz, ES	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Omaha, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Pine Bluff Grider Fld, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Texarkana, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Wright Patman Dm & Lk, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 2008	Fairview 8N, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 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

1793 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 1,029 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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	809
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1