Weather Records on 8 May 1926

191 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1926. Highest significance: Cap Madeleine, CA.

Key Facts for 8 May 1926

On 8 May 1926, 191 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 188 daily.
Cap Madeleine set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 8 May 1926.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

191 stations

191 station records on 8 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

191 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 8 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 188.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1926

Top 20 records on 8 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1926	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1926	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1926	Powell Creek, AU	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1926	Sable Island, CA	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1926	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1926	Wolfville, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1926	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Milan, IT	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Sydney, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	David City 4E, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Mungeranie, AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1926	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	20 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 191 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	138
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3