Weather Records on 8 May 2007

718 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 2007. Highest significance: Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 2007

On 8 May 2007, 718 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
337 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 697 daily.
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 8 May 2007.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

718 stations

718 station records on 8 May 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nijmegen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nezahualcoyotl	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haapajarvi Valioja Nokkous	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Landshut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada 9SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huejotzingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Porvenir	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zheleznodorozhnyj	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record low minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pandale 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kreis Biberach Altheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

718 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 May 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 May 2007 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 697.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

563 broken records

Margins by which the 563 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 2007

Top 20 records on 8 May 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 2007	Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Leo 6 SW, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Pt Mugu Nf, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Baden-Baden-Geroldsau, DE	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Nijmegen, NL	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Portales, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Valentine 10 WSW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Wolfach, DE	daily rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Ignacio Lopez Rayon, MX	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Carlsbad Caverns, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Wuppertal-Buchenhofen, DE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Nezahualcoyotl, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Quiriego (Smn), MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Omsk, RU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Cavern City AP, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Haapajarvi Valioja Nokkous, FI	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Brocken, DE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Chula Vista, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2007	Landshut, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	43 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2007. 2007 had 718 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 50	558
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1