Weather Records on 8 May 1945

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1945. Highest significance: Golconda River, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1945

On 8 May 1945, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 246 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 622 daily.
Golconda River set a daily record precipitation of 56.9 mm (2.2 in) on 8 May 1945.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 8 May 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Windy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarral Yarral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Warrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Savage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 8 May 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 622.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1945

Top 20 records on 8 May 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1945	Golconda River, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Sikeston, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Millers Creek, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Ulan Water, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Gogeldrie, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Cairo River, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Wattle Flat General Store, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Uccle, BE	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	110 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Curlewis (Wandobah), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Castle Mountain, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Pine Ridge (Windy), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Agnes River, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Wokha, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1945	Willow Tree (Highlands), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1945. 1945 had 646 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 10	435
10 to 20	64
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2