Weather Records on 8 May 2000

1,782 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 2000. Highest significance: Stillwater 1 SE, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 2000

On 8 May 2000, 1,782 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,358 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,750 daily.
Stillwater 1 SE set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 8 May 2000.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

1,782 stations

1,782 station records on 8 May 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Capelle (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emigrant Pass Hwy STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Hook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rostoshi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guffey 10 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wandoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bude	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heumen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boxtel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,782 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 484, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 874, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 292, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 May 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	484
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	874
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 May 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 1,750.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,419 broken records

Margins by which the 1,419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 2000

Top 20 records on 8 May 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 2000	Stillwater 1 SE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	95 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2000	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2000	Makaweli 965, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2000	Presa Alvaro Obregon, MX	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Capelle (Nb), NL	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Canby, US	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Cotton, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Emigrant Pass Hwy STN, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Mission, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Toms River, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Escanaba, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Norwood, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Sandy Hook, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2000	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	50 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2000. 2000 had 1,782 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 2000-05-08: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,377
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1