Weather Records on 8 April 2018

1,745 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 2018. Highest significance: Chester, US.

Key Facts for 8 April 2018

On 8 April 2018, 1,745 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
615 were record highs and 755 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 140 monthly and 1,605 daily.
Chester set a daily record snow depth of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 8 April 2018.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,745 stations

1,745 station records on 8 April 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dilley 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nehalem 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lost Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,745 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 403, Lowest daily maximum 264, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 491, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 92.

Records on 8 April 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	403
Lowest daily maximum	264
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	491
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	92

Records on 8 April 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 140, daily 1,605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,448 broken records

Margins by which the 1,448 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 2018

Top 20 records on 8 April 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 2018	Chester, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Oconto 4 W, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	95 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Koloko Rsvr 1137, US	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Dilley 2 S, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Elma, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 April 2018	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Moorhead, US	monthly low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	125 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Hernando, US	monthly low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Steamboat Springs, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Haskins Dam, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Udon Thani, TH	daily low min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Conway, US	monthly low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	117 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Taylor Park, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	University, US	monthly low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 2018	Nehalem 9 NE, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	52 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2018. 2018 had 1,745 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 2018-04-08: 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	1,381
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1