Weather Records on 9 May 2008

693 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 2008. Highest significance: Marlinton, US.

Key Facts for 9 May 2008

On 9 May 2008, 693 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 669 daily.
Marlinton set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 9 May 2008.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

693 stations

693 station records on 9 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Natl Arboretum Dc	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palma de Mallorca Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Molina de Aragon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brookneal	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore 8NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Plains 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville 6SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saskylah	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Peter 4ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
WFO Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

693 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 9 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 9 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 20, daily 669.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 2008

Top 20 records on 9 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 2008	Marlinton, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 May 2008	Washington Reagan Natl AP, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 May 2008	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Piedmont Rsch STN, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Natl Arboretum Dc, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Hopewell, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Free Union, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Breckenridge, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Palma de Mallorca Cmt, ES	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Molina de Aragon, ES	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Danbury, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Chatham, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Brookneal, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Dubois, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	113 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Jetmore 8NNW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Valladolid (Villanubla), ES	monthly rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 2008	Farmville, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	44 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

1793 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 693 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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	499
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	3