Weather Records on 8 May 1955

411 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1955. Highest significance: Durango, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1955

On 8 May 1955, 411 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 399 daily.
Durango set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 8 May 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

411 stations

411 station records on 8 May 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	211.6 mm (8.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tulabada	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rayagada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

411 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 May 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 May 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1955

Top 20 records on 8 May 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1955	Durango, US	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1955	Narsipatnam, IN	monthly rain	211.6 mm (8.3 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Srikakulam, IN	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Salur, IN	monthly rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Pagosa Springs 1SE, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Konda, IN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Anakapalli, IN	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Aspermont, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Tuni, IN	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Portola, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Chipurupally, IN	monthly rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Tulabada, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Parvatipur, IN	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Chidavaram, IN	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Poona, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1955	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1955	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1955	Bobbili, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	32 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 411 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	302
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2