Weather Records on 8 May 1938

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1938. Highest significance: Storlien, SE.

Key Facts for 8 May 1938

On 8 May 1938, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 270 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 400 daily.
Storlien set a daily record precipitation of 32.7 mm (1.3 in) on 8 May 1938.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 8 May 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 May 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 May 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 400.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

308 broken records

Margins by which the 308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1938

Top 20 records on 8 May 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1938	Storlien, SE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1938	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Samastipur, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Sewanee, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Supaul, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Sheikhpura, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Ostas I Hegra, NO	monthly rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Bhagalpur, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Lien I Selbu, NO	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1938	Mason City, US	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1938	Malur, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1938	Kharagpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1938	Britt 3E, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1938	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1938	Stornoway Airport, GB	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1938	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1938	Salida, US	monthly low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1938	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	27 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 425 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	279
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1