Weather Records on 8 May 1972

509 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1972. Highest significance: Pascagoula 3 NE, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1972

On 8 May 1972, 509 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 498 daily.
Pascagoula 3 NE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 221.7 mm (8.7 in) on 8 May 1972.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

509 stations

509 station records on 8 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.7 mm (8.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hodges	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Issik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzylorda	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

509 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1972

Top 20 records on 8 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1972	Pascagoula 3 NE, US	monthly rain	221.7 mm (8.7 in)	109.9 mm (4.3 in)	55 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1972	Amite, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1972	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1972	Biloxi, US	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1972	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Ripley, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Merrill, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Kendall 2 E, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Brewton 3 SSE, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr, DE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Hammond, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Bogalusa, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Podor, SN	daily low max	34.6 C (94.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Moscow U of I, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Martin Dam, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1972	Columbia, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	42 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 509 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 1972-05-08: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	394
25 to 50	33
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1