Weather Records on 8 May 2023

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 2023. Highest significance: Amasia, AM.

Key Facts for 8 May 2023

On 8 May 2023, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 573 daily.
Amasia set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 8 May 2023.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

579 stations

579 station records on 8 May 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amasia	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cabinet Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Osaka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ocna Sugatag	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorville 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Finchley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Segou	Mali	Record low maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kountze	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heumen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Campo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poteet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Batamaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Losinoborskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad-Airport	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie (Egretta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orel	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 8 May 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 8 May 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 573.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 2023

Top 20 records on 8 May 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 2023	Amasia, AM	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2023	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2023	Cornelia, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2023	Walnut, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 May 2023	Falls City 7 WSW, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Cabinet Gorge, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Osaka, JP	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Choshi, JP	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	116 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Russellville, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Augusta, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Saint Ignatius, US	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Ocna Sugatag, RO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Wynne, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Hyannis, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	127 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Carrollton, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	127 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Taylorville 2SE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Marshall, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	127 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 2023	Craigie (Finchley), AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	41 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 579 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 2023-05-08: 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 2026-10-12 (12 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 25	477
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1