Weather Records on 8 May 1989

1,543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1989. Highest significance: Yaamba, AU.

Key Facts for 8 May 1989

On 8 May 1989, 1,543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
675 were record highs and 533 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 102 monthly and 1,441 daily.
Yaamba set a daily record precipitation of 85.2 mm (3.4 in) on 8 May 1989.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

1,543 stations

1,543 station records on 8 May 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pavilion 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Juazeiro (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Drohobych	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heron Island Res STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kennerly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Pocket	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Janibek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Belah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Picinguaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.9 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ersov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Parafield Plant Intr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wyobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barakula Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,543 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 367, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 394, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 8 May 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	367
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	394
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 8 May 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 102, daily 1,441.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,237 broken records

Margins by which the 1,237 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1989

Top 20 records on 8 May 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1989	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1989	Pavilion 2NE, US	monthly snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1989	Juazeiro (Pcd), BR	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Tailem Bend (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Byfield Childs Road, AU	monthly rain	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Corona Downs, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Weston, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	White Cliffs Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Drohobych, UA	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Heron Island Res STN, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Barringun, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	El-Ton, RU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Avon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Mount Ryde, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Kennerly, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Jubilee Pocket, AU	daily rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Lviv, UA	monthly rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1989	Arcade, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	43 years	46 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1989. 1989 had 1,543 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 1989-05-08: 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 50	1,209
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1