Weather Records on 8 May 1925

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1925. Highest significance: Dunwich Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 May 1925

On 8 May 1925, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 264 daily.
Dunwich Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 392.7 mm (15.5 in) on 8 May 1925.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 8 May 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	392.7 mm (15.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 8 May 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1925 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 148.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1925

Top 20 records on 8 May 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1925	Dunwich Post Office, AU	all-time rain	392.7 mm (15.5 in)	148.9 mm (5.9 in)	27 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1925	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1925	St Helena Island, AU	monthly rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Toombul Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Warra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1925	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1925	Goodna Ampol, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1925	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1925	Wolston Park Hospital, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1925	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1925	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1925	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1925	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	31 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1925. 1925 had 272 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

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 20	186
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2