Weather Records on 13 April 2008

1,021 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 2008. Highest significance: La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge), MX.

Key Facts for 13 April 2008

On 13 April 2008, 1,021 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
351 were record highs and 331 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 995 daily.
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.4 mm (3.0 in) on 13 April 2008.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,021 stations

1,021 station records on 13 April 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berezino	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Aguada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ejido de Llano Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manlio Fabio Altamiramo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Simojovel (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charcas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Manzanilla de la Paz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mozyr	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guevea de Humboldt	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leloiov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yaquintela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kemchug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Monica Pier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,021 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 213, Lowest daily maximum 244, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 13 April 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	213
Lowest daily maximum	244
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 13 April 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 995.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

796 broken records

Margins by which the 796 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 2008

Top 20 records on 13 April 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 2008	La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge), MX	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2008	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2008	Candelaria (Smn), MX	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Tuxcueca, MX	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Kelliher, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Berezino, BY	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Isla Aguada, MX	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Ejido de Llano Grande, MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Manlio Fabio Altamiramo, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Simojovel (Dge), MX	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Mammoth Spring, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Brainerd, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Hardy, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Rapa, PF	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Fremont, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Lodi, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Algona, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	Carroll, US	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2008	New Hampton, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	43 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2008. 2008 had 1,021 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	511
2017	454
2018	913
2019	736
2020	2,050
2021	465
2022	2,172
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	850

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	760
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	8
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1