Weather Records on 8 May 1933

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1933. Highest significance: Kalispell Glacier AP, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1933

On 8 May 1933, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 529 daily.
Kalispell Glacier AP set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 8 May 1933.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 8 May 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kassuli	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ranka	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 8 May 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

476 broken records

Margins by which the 476 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1933

Top 20 records on 8 May 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1933	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Almora, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Mul, IN	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Kassuli, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Najibabad, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Rajpur, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Rupar, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Okhimath, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Saidpur Bhitari, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Chainpur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Zamana, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Hermann, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Sultan Bazar, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Nargund, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Ranikhet, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Pauri, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Jaunpur, IN	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1933	Yellavaram, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	34 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 553 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 1933
Margin	Records
0 to 10	369
10 to 20	66
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2