Weather Records on 11 May 2008

1,015 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 2008. Highest significance: Elista, RU.

Key Facts for 11 May 2008

On 11 May 2008, 1,015 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
562 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 971 daily.
Elista set a daily record precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 11 May 2008.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,015 stations

1,015 station records on 11 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elista	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Remontnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carbon Hill 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zihualtepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cimljansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juliette	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,015 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 11 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 11 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 37, daily 971.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

729 broken records

Margins by which the 729 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 2008

Top 20 records on 11 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 2008	Elista, RU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 May 2008	Washington, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 May 2008	Washington Reagan Natl AP, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Bertrand, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Remontnoe, RU	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Salisbury, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Alma Bacon Co AP, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Carbon Hill 4SE, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Hebron, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Hay Springs, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Fairfield, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Tower 2S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	163 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Ocozocoautla, MX	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Lake City 2 E, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 2008	Oneonta, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 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

1814 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2008. 2008 had 1,015 records.

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

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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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	721
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1