Weather Records on 8 May 1920

62 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1920. Highest significance: Laidley Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 May 1920

On 8 May 1920, 62 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 62 daily.
Laidley Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 8 May 1920.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

62 stations

62 station records on 8 May 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dilkara (Florieton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

62 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 49.

Records on 8 May 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 62.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

54 broken records

Margins by which the 54 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1920

Top 20 records on 8 May 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1920	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Sveg, SE	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Sarna, SE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Mein Station, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	6 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Storrs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Nebo, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1920	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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

1795 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 62 records.

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

Records on 05-08 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1806	1
1825	1
1834	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1857	1
1858	2
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1873	1
1874	3
1876	3
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1900	10
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	13
1905	17
1906	27
1907	7
1908	14
1909	19
1910	26
1911	34
1912	36
1913	34
1914	71
1915	35
1916	17
1917	108
1918	47
1919	132
1920	62
1921	35
1922	38
1923	510
1924	196
1925	272
1926	191
1927	328
1928	310
1929	194
1930	572
1931	403
1932	283
1933	553
1934	728
1935	78
1936	650
1937	107
1938	425
1939	235
1940	296
1941	271
1942	128
1943	465
1944	258
1945	646
1946	271
1947	1,152
1948	453
1949	361
1950	748
1951	274
1952	794
1953	580
1954	463
1955	411
1956	490
1957	546
1958	440
1959	252
1960	748
1961	556
1962	450
1963	1,105
1964	731
1965	704
1966	522
1967	573
1968	424
1969	542
1970	501
1971	413
1972	509
1973	527
1974	777
1975	555
1976	989
1977	682
1978	676
1979	1,113
1980	722
1981	613
1982	557
1983	638
1984	1,072
1985	591
1986	1,210
1987	1,226
1988	632
1989	1,543
1990	715
1991	710
1992	1,740
1993	892
1994	768
1995	1,340
1996	908
1997	973
1998	1,348
1999	985
2000	1,782
2001	851
2002	1,843
2003	1,420
2004	1,133
2005	685
2006	801
2007	718
2008	595
2009	779
2010	1,079
2011	602
2012	709
2013	686
2014	958
2015	647
2016	752
2017	467
2018	711
2019	723
2020	599
2021	419
2022	908
2023	579
2024	1,015
2025	380
2026	292

Download the Data

Data for records on 1920-05-08: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	24
5 to 10	11
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	10
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1