Weather Records on 8 May 1930

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1930. Highest significance: Comet Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 May 1930

On 8 May 1930, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 554 daily.
Comet Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 8 May 1930.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

572 stations

572 station records on 8 May 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 8 May 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1930 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1930

Top 20 records on 8 May 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1930	Comet Post Office, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Milparinka (Yandama Downs), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Tangorin, AU	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Metten, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Richmond Post Office, AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Saltern Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Stamford Station, AU	all-time rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Jericho Store, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Cork Station, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	New Bedford Coop, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1930	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	37 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

1795 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1930. 1930 had 572 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 20	416
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2