Weather Records on 22 April 2008

844 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 2008. Highest significance: Zugspitze, DE.

Key Facts for 22 April 2008

On 22 April 2008, 844 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 346 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 803 daily.
Zugspitze set a daily record precipitation of 57.3 mm (2.3 in) on 22 April 2008.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

844 stations

844 station records on 22 April 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uberlingen/Bodensee	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Radolfzell-Markelfingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda de Arriba	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarramalong (Lewensbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
May 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 20 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandovales	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

844 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 22 April 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 22 April 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 2008

Top 20 records on 22 April 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 2008	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 April 2008	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 April 2008	Morehead City 2 WNW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Attenkam, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Uberlingen/Bodensee, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Montello 2NE, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	97 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Tejon Rancho, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Haugan 1 W, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Radolfzell-Markelfingen, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Chester, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Calera, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Lifton Pumping STN, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Old Faithful, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Konstanz, DE	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Davenport, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Heron 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Porthill, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Hamilton, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 2008	Quito, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	42 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

1800 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2008. 2008 had 844 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 50	581
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1