Weather Records on 8 May 1957

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1957. Highest significance: Oberstdorf, DE.

Key Facts for 8 May 1957

On 8 May 1957, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
282 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 534 daily.
Oberstdorf set a daily record snow depth of 25.0 cm (9.8 in) on 8 May 1957.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 8 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Itabaiana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	373.4 mm (14.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 8 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 8 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

451 broken records

Margins by which the 451 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1957

Top 20 records on 8 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1957	Oberstdorf, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Ebrach, DE	monthly snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Acude Itabaiana, BR	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Riva, IT	monthly low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Mc Minnville, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Juneau Dwtn, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Cicero Dantas, BR	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	St Andrews, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Edgewater, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Simao Dias (Anapolis), BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1957	Annex Creek, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1957	Valdez WSO, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1957	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1957	Bologna, IT	daily low min	3.7 C (38.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1957	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	63 years	31 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 546 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 50	445
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1