Weather Records on 4 May 2008

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 2008. Highest significance: Harding 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 2008

On 4 May 2008, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 604 daily.
Harding 3 SE set a daily record snow depth of 63.5 cm (25.0 in) on 4 May 2008.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

624 stations

624 station records on 4 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ganyu	China	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Mtn	United States	Record snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bratoljubovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Endho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Ismail Petra	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garza Ayala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aquismon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Limon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoufimsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norton W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 157, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	157
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 604.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 2008

Top 20 records on 4 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 2008	Harding 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Breckenridge, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Hay Springs, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Ganyu, CN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Laurel Mtn, US	daily snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Bratoljubovka, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Santiago, MX	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Hay Springs, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Imperial, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Elizabethton, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	El-Golea, DZ	daily high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Jesus del Monte, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Woodstock, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2008	Presa Endho, MX	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	39 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2008. 2008 had 624 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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 200	497
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1