Weather Records on 8 May 2016

752 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 2016. Highest significance: Cobar (Tambua), AU.

Key Facts for 8 May 2016

On 8 May 2016, 752 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
366 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 710 daily.
Cobar (Tambua) set a daily record precipitation of 71.2 mm (2.8 in) on 8 May 2016.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

752 stations

752 station records on 8 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Intl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waihee Vly 482	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Puunene 396	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waiehu Camp 484	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Camfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nockatunga Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kelley R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckelsville 400	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton (Rose Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone RS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hole-in-Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughan Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longley (Telopea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison (Arcadia (Sunnyville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gafsa	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nyssa	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ormiston Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Burthong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Worrongorrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

752 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 322.

Records on 8 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	322
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 37, daily 710.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 2016

Top 20 records on 8 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 2016	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	124 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 May 2016	Hillston (Cowl Cowl), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	128 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2016	Waikapu 390, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2016	Whitfield, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2016	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2016	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2016	Kahului AP, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2016	Nullarbor, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Durban Intl, ZA	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Waihee Vly 482, US	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Blinman, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Puunene 396, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Waiehu Camp 484, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Wyndham, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Camfield, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Nockatunga Station, AU	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Bungowannah (Roseleigh), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Wyndham Aero, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Mount Dare, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2016	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	90 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

1795 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 752 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	548
10 to 20	65
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1