Weather Records on 8 May 1952

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1952. Highest significance: Maragle Station, AU.

Key Facts for 8 May 1952

On 8 May 1952, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 778 daily.
Maragle Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 8 May 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 8 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bethanga Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pemblegong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Everton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goonahra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Tupra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 567, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	567
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1952

Top 20 records on 8 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1952	Maragle Station, AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1952	Juanbung, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Pulletop (Matta Mia), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Myrtleford Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Bright Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Woomargama Estate, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Culcairn Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Bethanga Lower, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Garfield, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Pemblegong, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Kherson, UA	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Everton, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Cudgewa State School, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Nariel Creek (Simpson), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1952	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	41 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 794 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 1952-05-08: 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 10	536
10 to 20	120
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	1