Weather Records on 8 May 2009

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 2009. Highest significance: Madison, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 2009

On 8 May 2009, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
501 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 758 daily.
Madison set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 8 May 2009.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

779 stations

779 station records on 8 May 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mathews	United States	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kavsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skillingaryd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cassoday 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rapa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
John Redmond Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matfield Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sanya	China	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnerdale 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okemah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galeana (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Capulhuac	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Ecatepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garze	China	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Bosque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Mojada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jasso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Iturbide	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindbergh Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarindo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thrall 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 285, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 8 May 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	285
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 2009 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 15, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 2009

Top 20 records on 8 May 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 2009	Madison, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2009	Le Roy, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2009	Mathews, US	all-time rain	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Sandhamn, SE	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Kavsjo_D, SE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Gridley, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Paradise, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Mountainair, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Skillingaryd, SE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Cassoday 2SE, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Princeton, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Sulphur Springs, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Fort Huachuca, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Rapa, PF	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	John Redmond Lake, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2009	Blythe, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	84 years	38 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2009. 2009 had 779 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 10	492
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1