Weather Records on 8 April 2011

1,197 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2011. Highest significance: Callao, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 2011

On 8 April 2011, 1,197 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
616 were record highs and 236 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,134 daily.
Callao set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 8 April 2011.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,197 stations

1,197 station records on 8 April 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Callao	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pioche	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stanford	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Springs Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 5 SW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands Hrs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Progreso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chalco -San Lucas-	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chepeta	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Rvr Vly - Orovada 26NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,197 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 374, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 8 April 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	374
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 8 April 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 62, daily 1,134.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

903 broken records

Margins by which the 903 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 2011

Top 20 records on 8 April 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2011	Callao, US	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2011	McGill, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2011	Richfield, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2011	Pioche, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	106 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Stanford, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Woodruff, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	110 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Kasane, BW	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Fish Springs Nwr, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Grantsville 2W, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Zion Np, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Callao, US	monthly snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Ibapah, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Callao, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Belle Ile - le Talut, FR	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Lugano, CH	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	13.4 C (56.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	131 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2011	Perpignan, FR	daily high max	32.3 C (90.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	72 years	47 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2011. 2011 had 1,197 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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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	850
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1