Weather Records on 8 May 1964

731 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1964. Highest significance: Port Stanley, CA.

Key Facts for 8 May 1964

On 8 May 1964, 731 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 712 daily.
Port Stanley set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 8 May 1964.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

731 stations

731 station records on 8 May 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

731 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 341, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 May 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	341
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 May 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 712.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

582 broken records

Margins by which the 582 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1964

Top 20 records on 8 May 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1964	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1964	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1964	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1964	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1964	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1964	Borzja, RU	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Clarinda, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Sao Luiz Do Curu, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Galena, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Chilton, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Ayton, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Hiawatha, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Etne, NO	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Vik I Sogn III, NO	monthly rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Corning, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Bulken, NO	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Walters, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1964	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	98 years	39 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1964. 1964 had 731 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 20	553
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1