Weather Records on 8 May 1928

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1928. Highest significance: Claremont Pomona Clg, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1928

On 8 May 1928, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 282 daily.
Claremont Pomona Clg set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 8 May 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 8 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 35.

Records on 8 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 282.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1928

Top 20 records on 8 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1928	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1928	Trenton 1 NNE, US	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1928	Lake City 2 E, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Wilmington Wb City, US	monthly low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Redbank Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Dwtn Charleston, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Monroe 2 SE, US	monthly low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Paragonah, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Carrabelle 1 NNW, US	monthly low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Little Mtn, US	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Federal Pt, US	monthly low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Weldon, US	monthly low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Huntingdon, US	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Newberry, US	monthly low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Tampa, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Athens, US	monthly low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Blackville 3 W, US	monthly low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1928	Cheraw, US	monthly low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	11 years	22 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 310 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	233
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1