Weather Records on 8 May 1973

527 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1973. Highest significance: Monte Santo, BR.

Key Facts for 8 May 1973

On 8 May 1973, 527 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 511 daily.
Monte Santo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.6 mm (3.4 in) on 8 May 1973.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

527 stations

527 station records on 8 May 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Favela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	46.9 C (116.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blackhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Magella	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gould	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cogla Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount James	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hightower	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wadley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

527 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 400, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	400
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1973

Top 20 records on 8 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1973	Monte Santo, BR	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1973	Warmun, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Wondinong, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Fazenda Favela, BR	monthly rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Meekatharra Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Atley, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Bryah, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Komsomolsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Boaz, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Sherwood, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Podor, SN	daily high max	46.9 C (116.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Blackhill, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Magella, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Clanton, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Annean, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Sandstone, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Dandaraga, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Livingston, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1973	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	45 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 527 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 1973-05-08: 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 10	313
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	43
30 to 40	21
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	1