Weather Records on 8 May 1975

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1975. Highest significance: Royal Observatory, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 May 1975

On 8 May 1975, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 538 daily.
Royal Observatory set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 8 May 1975.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

555 stations

555 station records on 8 May 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Severnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Einbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rodeo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Polisie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Visconde de Maua (Esc.Agrot)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemult	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vazantes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redelinghuis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nabowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Itariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hameln	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 8 May 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 8 May 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1975

Top 20 records on 8 May 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1975	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1975	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Winnsboro 5 SSE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Severnoe, RU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Fruitland, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Einbeck, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Rodeo (Smn), MX	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Philadelphia Polisie, ZA	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Pineview Dam, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Beaumont, US	monthly rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1975	Collins, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	37 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 555 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 100	460
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2