Weather Records on 8 May 1946

271 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1946. Highest significance: Mudhol, IN.

Key Facts for 8 May 1946

On 8 May 1946, 271 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 271 daily.
Mudhol set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 8 May 1946.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

271 stations

271 station records on 8 May 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pechipparai	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Terrace	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

271 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 8 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

203 broken records

Margins by which the 203 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1946

Top 20 records on 8 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1946	Mudhol, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1946	Joseph, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1946	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1946	Moncton, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1946	Bassawan, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Trimbak, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Rietvallei, ZA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Tirumangalam, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Saint John, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Karkaralinsk, KZ	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Trichur, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Huntsville, CA	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	63 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Metten, DE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Tanuku, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Keonjhargarh, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1946	Bhimavaram, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	25 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1946. 1946 had 271 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	170
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1