Weather Records on 8 May 2019

723 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 2019. Highest significance: Ellsworth, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 2019

On 8 May 2019, 723 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 708 daily.
Ellsworth set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 8 May 2019.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

723 stations

723 station records on 8 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sisian	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maumelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moravia 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orienta 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexander	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willow	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

723 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 319, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 8 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 8 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 708.

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 189.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 2019

Top 20 records on 8 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 2019	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2019	Wellington, US	all-time rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2019	Oxford, US	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	68 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2019	Richmond, US	daily rain	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2019	Sisian, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2019	Coldwater, US	all-time rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	112 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2019	Geneseo, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2019	Ashland, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Anthony, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Duluth, US	monthly snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Thompsons 3 WSW, US	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Tiree, GB	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	San Angelo, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	125 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Houston-Westbury, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Mount Gambier Aero, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Lake Maumelle, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Ewing, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2019	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	96 years	47 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 723 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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Data for records on 2019-05-08: 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 25	590
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1