Weather Records on 8 May 1948

453 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1948. Highest significance: Summit Grd STN, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1948

On 8 May 1948, 453 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 431 daily.
Summit Grd STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 8 May 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

453 stations

453 station records on 8 May 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Summit Grd STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pertabpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Channel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soledade (Ibiapinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chauradano	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

453 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 650.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1948

Top 20 records on 8 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1948	Summit Grd STN, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1948	Polson, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Canyon Ferry, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Caldwell, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Beaver Mines, CA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Kalchini, IN	daily rain	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Pertabpur, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Valier, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Ovando, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Cut Bank AP, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Channel, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Bushy Park, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Siruguppa, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Fort Macleod, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	High River, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Areia (Ufpb), BR	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Claresholm Meadow Creek, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1948	Lethbridge Cda, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 453 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 100	371
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1