Weather Records on 8 May 2001

851 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 2001. Highest significance: Clarence Town (Grey St), AU.

Key Facts for 8 May 2001

On 8 May 2001, 851 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
539 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 833 daily.
Clarence Town (Grey St) set a daily record precipitation of 126.2 mm (5.0 in) on 8 May 2001.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

851 stations

851 station records on 8 May 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Temascal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ensenada 1 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester (Upper Bowman)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eccleston (Masseys Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Steam Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Las Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caneyville 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xichang	China	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa San Ildefonso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

851 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 358, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 May 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	358
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 May 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 833.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 2001

Top 20 records on 8 May 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 2001	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Chiconautla, MX	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Sonoma, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Lansdowne Post Office, AU	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Temascal, MX	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Ensenada 1 W, PR	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Novi Sad, RS	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Chichester Dam, AU	daily rain	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Lerma, MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Rison, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Gloucester (Upper Bowman), AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Keflavik, IS	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Hillsboro, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Eccleston (Masseys Creek), AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Ft Ross, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2001	Ashland, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	41 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 851 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 2001-05-08: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	648
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1