Weather Records on 8 April 2015

825 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2015. Highest significance: Tombong (Hillcrest), AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 2015

On 8 April 2015, 825 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
380 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 811 daily.
Tombong (Hillcrest) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.2 mm (4.5 in) on 8 April 2015.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

825 stations

825 station records on 8 April 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bairnsdale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ainslie Tyson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tuross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hoskintown Radio Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell (Exhibition Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Parliament House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Numeralla (Badja Composite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ingebyra (Grosses Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cann River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton (Uba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goongerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Blanchards Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tharwa General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Finchley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Hawks Head Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrabattgulla (Gilston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Verona (Shiloh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce (Australian Institute of	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mallacoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barbourville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

825 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 April 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 April 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 811.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 2015

Top 20 records on 8 April 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2015	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	monthly rain	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	89 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 April 2015	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	93 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Bonang, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	115 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Eden (Timbillica), AU	daily rain	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Bugt, CN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Cathcart (Mount Darragh), AU	daily rain	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Bairnsdale Airport, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Snowball, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	93 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Ainslie Tyson St, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	115 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Delegate Station, AU	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2015	Chester, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2015	Tuross, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2015	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2015	Hoskintown Radio Observatory, AU	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2015	Mitchell (Exhibition Park), AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2015	Genoa (Fools Haven), AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2015	Buchan, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2015	Lake Mills, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	54 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2015. 2015 had 825 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2015-04-08: 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 20	595
20 to 40	61
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1