Weather Records on 8 May 1934

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1934. Highest significance: Woodburn Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 May 1934

On 8 May 1934, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
600 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 670 daily.
Woodburn Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 132.1 mm (5.2 in) on 8 May 1934.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 8 May 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hunters Hill (the Bungalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 355, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 104.

Records on 8 May 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	355
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 58, daily 670.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

606 broken records

Margins by which the 606 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1934

Top 20 records on 8 May 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1934	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1934	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1934	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1934	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1934	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1934	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1934	Wandering Comparison, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1934	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1934	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Santa Fe, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high max	23.5 C (74.3 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Huron Rgnl AP, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Lamar, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Wollongbar (Central Park Drive, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1934	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	29 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 728 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	569
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2