Weather Records on 8 May 2008

595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 2008. Highest significance: Murcia/Alcantarilla, ES.

Key Facts for 8 May 2008

On 8 May 2008, 595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
282 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 571 daily.
Murcia/Alcantarilla set a daily record precipitation of 40.8 mm (1.6 in) on 8 May 2008.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

595 stations

595 station records on 8 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ourense	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ozone	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Celina 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Mtn	United States	Record snow depth	175.3 cm (69.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calacoaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa de Guadalupe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tula	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gruver	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Tejocote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton 21 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Tigre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utklippan	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dix	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brjansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberporth	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

595 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 20, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 991.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 2008

Top 20 records on 8 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 2008	Murcia/Alcantarilla, ES	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2008	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2008	Breckenridge, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Carlyle Rsvr, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Watonga, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Penza, RU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Crescent 5WSW, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Longview, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Ourense, ES	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Ozone, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Enid, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Celina 3 NE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Perry, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Elizabethton, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Charleston - Yeager AP, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Blanca 4 NW, US	monthly low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2008	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	99 years	42 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 595 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 200	453
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1