Weather Records on 8 May 1988

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 May 1988. Highest significance: Grants Pass, US.

Key Facts for 8 May 1988

On 8 May 1988, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 612 daily.
Grants Pass set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 8 May 1988.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

632 stations

632 station records on 8 May 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 May 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tkvarcheli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okeechobee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kykrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteface Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman Fisheries STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hilok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Tibia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corupa (Hansa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brucken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 8 May 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 241, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 8 May 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	241
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 8 May 1988 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 14, daily 612.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 May 1988

Top 20 records on 8 May 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 May 1988	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Hamar-Daban, RU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	all-time rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Fishtail, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Gumri, AM	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Tanhoj, RU	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Tkvarcheli, GE	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Algona, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Healdton 3 E, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Belle Fourche, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Bishop AP, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Rinconada, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Orland, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Lewistown 11 SSE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 May 1988	Henbury, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 May 1988	Sonnblick, AT	daily high min	3.5 C (38.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1988. 1988 had 632 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 20	496
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1