Weather Records on 8 May 1949

361 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1949. Highest significance: Calcutta/Alipore, IN.

Key Facts for 8 May 1949

On 8 May 1949, 361 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 356 daily.
Calcutta/Alipore set a daily record precipitation of 144.8 mm (5.7 in) on 8 May 1949.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

361 stations

361 station records on 8 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Salmon 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

361 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1949

Top 20 records on 8 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1949	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1949	Memphis, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1949	Franklin, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1949	Culbertson, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1949	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1949	Parvatipur, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1949	Sedgwick, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1949	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Spicer, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Snyder, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Inverell Comparison, AU	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Hvar, HR	daily high max	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily low min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	daily low min	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1949	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 361 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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Data for records on 1949-05-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	280
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1