Weather Records on 8 August 2008

834 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 2008. Highest significance: Vernal, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 2008

On 8 August 2008, 834 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
260 were record highs and 306 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 805 daily.
Vernal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 8 August 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

834 stations

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

Weather records on 8 August 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vernal	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wedgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mikkeli Anttola Pihlajasalo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mallacoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mikkeli Rantakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	128.1 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Marquesa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clines Corners 7SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Quemada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kouvola Voikoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 5 SW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rautavaara Yla-Luosta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ylojarvi Metsakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Juuka Niemela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vesanto Sonkari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hameenlinna Pirttikoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joutsa Parnamaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Pajonal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Needles AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laveen 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Outokumpu Maljasalmi Voutilain	Finland	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Animskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thrall 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heinola Asemantaus	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamsa Halli Lentokentta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juupajoki Hyytiala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raakkyla Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

834 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 268.

Records on 8 August 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 805.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 2008

Top 20 records on 8 August 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 2008	Vernal, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	109 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2008	Wedgefield, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2008	Genoa (Fools Haven), AU	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2008	Mikkeli Anttola Pihlajasalo, FI	all-time rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2008	Mallacoota, AU	monthly rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Campina Grande, BR	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Neosho, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Mikkeli Rantakyla, FI	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	111 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Nanning, CN	daily rain	128.1 mm (5.0 in)	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Lifton Pumping STN, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Dyersburg Muni AP, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	La Marquesa, MX	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Dawson, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Clines Corners 7SE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	La Quemada, MX	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Lamar, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2008	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	113 years	49 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 834 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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Data for records on 2008-08-08: 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 20	583
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1