Weather Records on 6 May 2008

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 2008. Highest significance: Carlsbad Caverns, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 2008

On 6 May 2008, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 397 daily.
Carlsbad Caverns set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 6 May 2008.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 6 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Mtn	United States	Record snow depth	182.9 cm (72.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Litke	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iquitos	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perrine 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Invercargill Airpor	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1169.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 2008

Top 20 records on 6 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 2008	Carlsbad Caverns, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2008	Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2008	Ashland, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	105 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Liberal, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Embrun, FR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Nizhne-Tambovskoe, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Greensburg, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Hebron, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Breckenridge, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Laurel Mtn, US	daily snow depth	182.9 cm (72.0 in)	116.9 cm (46.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Bison 3NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Conroe, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Litke, RU	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Hay Springs, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Elizabethton, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Elizabethton, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Luroy, NO	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Liberty, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2008	Brenham, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	105 years	40 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 412 records.

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

Records on 05-06 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1805	1
1825	1
1836	1
1845	2
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1872	1
1877	3
1880	2
1883	1
1885	4
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	5
1898	17
1899	3
1900	8
1901	3
1902	8
1903	9
1904	12
1905	18
1906	14
1907	11
1908	18
1909	19
1910	23
1911	14
1912	20
1913	47
1914	30
1915	32
1916	51
1917	197
1918	43
1919	63
1920	42
1921	39
1922	87
1923	126
1924	95
1925	225
1926	178
1927	133
1928	106
1929	225
1930	581
1931	378
1932	302
1933	336
1934	640
1935	319
1936	430
1937	172
1938	310
1939	185
1940	243
1941	325
1942	309
1943	375
1944	879
1945	318
1946	260
1947	613
1948	384
1949	917
1950	610
1951	292
1952	496
1953	635
1954	551
1955	422
1956	559
1957	644
1958	615
1959	463
1960	781
1961	655
1962	301
1963	623
1964	823
1965	624
1966	950
1967	697
1968	890
1969	695
1970	710
1971	459
1972	499
1973	499
1974	806
1975	925
1976	644
1977	896
1978	899
1979	1,122
1980	574
1981	489
1982	800
1983	554
1984	846
1985	549
1986	1,228
1987	1,049
1988	919
1989	1,814
1990	1,220
1991	1,028
1992	1,486
1993	795
1994	591
1995	961
1996	1,578
1997	1,127
1998	1,160
1999	1,198
2000	1,357
2001	767
2002	979
2003	1,596
2004	1,490
2005	826
2006	663
2007	1,061
2008	412
2009	732
2010	1,187
2011	604
2012	1,007
2013	1,024
2014	612
2015	589
2016	808
2017	659
2018	454
2019	462
2020	578
2021	517
2022	736
2023	559
2024	841
2025	732
2026	796

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Data for records on 2008-05-06: 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 200	320
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1