Weather Records on 8 May 1959

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1959. Highest significance: Suolovuopmi, NO.

Key Facts for 8 May 1959

On 8 May 1959, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 246 daily.
Suolovuopmi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 8 May 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 8 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pio IX (Patrocinio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwerus (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwars-In-Die-Weg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 8 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

195 broken records

Margins by which the 195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1959

Top 20 records on 8 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1959	Suolovuopmi, NO	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1959	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1959	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1959	Pio IX (Patrocinio), BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1959	Salvador, BR	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1959	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1959	Muleshoe #1, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1959	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Taua, BR	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Vega 2NW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Perth Regional Office, AU	monthly high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Spearman, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Miami, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Panhandle, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Mayaguez City, PR	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Hammond, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Elkhart, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Smithfield, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Noyyatinkara, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1959	Clovis, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	46 years	25 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 252 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 10	157
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1