Weather Records on 8 May 1932

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1932. Highest significance: Shortsville, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1932

On 8 May 1932, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 282 daily.
Shortsville set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 8 May 1932.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 8 May 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shortsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mercadool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ballabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwani	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 121.

Records on 8 May 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 282.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1932

Top 20 records on 8 May 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1932	Shortsville, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1932	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1932	Warren, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1932	Caguas, PR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1932	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1932	Gamalally, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1932	Stratford, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1932	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1932	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Angelica, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Aledo, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Dumble, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Redford, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Avon, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Westminster, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Alfred, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1932	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	26 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 283 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 May 1932
Margin	Records
0 to 10	182
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1