Weather Records on 8 May 1944

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1944. Highest significance: Nigriting, IN.

Key Facts for 8 May 1944

On 8 May 1944, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 254 daily.
Nigriting set a daily record precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 8 May 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

258 stations

258 station records on 8 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalimna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jejuri	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Behtungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

213 broken records

Margins by which the 213 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1944

Top 20 records on 8 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1944	Nigriting, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1944	Uccle, BE	monthly low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1944	Porto Real Do Colegio, BR	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1944	Mazbat(Majbat), IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1944	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Kalimna, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Cortland, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Huberdeau, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Putbus, DE	daily low max	5.3 C (41.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Vale, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Khed, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Milledgeville, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Panchgani, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Athens, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Wien, AT	daily low max	7.9 C (46.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1944	Callaville, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	47 years	24 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 258 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	204
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2