Weather Records on 8 May 1994

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1994. Highest significance: Marlinton, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1994

On 8 May 1994, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 749 daily.
Marlinton set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 8 May 1994.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 8 May 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Beloreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bredy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cernuska	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thomas	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Troitsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nozovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Jucuruaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duvan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Izevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talas	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kropacevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mirnii	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clendenin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dailey 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ura-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Man	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Acajete	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 315.

Records on 8 May 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1994

Top 20 records on 8 May 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1994	Marlinton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	94 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1994	Beloreck, RU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1994	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	107 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1994	Bredy, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1994	Cernuska, RU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 May 1994	Thomas, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Troitsk, RU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Bangkok Metropolis, TH	daily rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Logan, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Sutton Lake, US	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Nozovka, RU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Don Muang, TH	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	125 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	La Pryor, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Philippi, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Belington, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Upper Tract, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Fazenda Jucuruaba, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Duvan, RU	monthly rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1994	Forest Grove, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1994. 1994 had 768 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 1994-05-08: 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 20	573
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1