Weather Records on 8 April 2014

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2014. Highest significance: Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 2014

On 8 April 2014, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 686 daily.
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN set a daily record precipitation of 72.0 mm (2.8 in) on 8 April 2014.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 8 April 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Melsom	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Animskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Erikstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hiltaba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lanna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vadstena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Falkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Regna_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sophie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snavlunda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lysekil_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gullspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Motala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sapelo Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ostra_Amtervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homerville 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 391, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 8 April 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	391
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 8 April 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 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 2014

Top 20 records on 8 April 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2014	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2014	Walpa (Danyo), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2014	Orebro, SE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2014	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	101 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2014	Melsom, NO	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Perry, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Giles Meteorological Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Animskog, SE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Flahult, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Storbron, SE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	118 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Erikstad, SE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Nonning, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Hiltaba, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Lanna, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Vadstena, SE	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Saffle, SE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2014	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	122 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2014. 2014 had 715 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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Data for records on 2014-04-08: 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 50	635
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1