9 station records on 8 March 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 8 March 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Jansenville
South Africa
Record daily precipitation
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
21 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen
Sweden
Record daily precipitation
9.8 mm (0.39 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand
Sweden
Record daily precipitation
23.5 mm (0.9 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard
Denmark
Record daily precipitation
10.8 mm (0.4 in)
13 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)
Australia
Record daily precipitation
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
9 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office
Australia
Record daily precipitation
8.9 mm (0.35 in)
9 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE
United States
Record low minimum temperature
3.3 C (37.9 F)
9 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City
United States
Record high maximum temperature
26.7 C (80.1 F)
5 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr
Norway
Record daily precipitation
14.4 mm (0.6 in)
3 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
9 records
Records set or tied on 8 March 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 7.
Records on 8 March 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
1
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
1
Heaviest daily rainfall
7
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 8 March 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 9.
Records on 8 March 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
9
How Much Records Were Beaten By
9 broken records
Margins by which the 9 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 10.3. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 March 1908
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
1796 to 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1908. 1908 had 9 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 03-08 in each year
Year
Records
1796
1
1798
1
1802
1
1807
1
1811
2
1813
1
1840
1
1841
1
1845
1
1849
1
1850
3
1854
1
1858
1
1860
1
1863
1
1864
5
1867
1
1872
2
1875
3
1876
1
1877
1
1878
2
1882
1
1883
3
1884
1
1886
3
1887
1
1888
4
1889
3
1891
3
1892
5
1893
4
1895
2
1896
6
1897
4
1898
2
1899
1
1900
2
1901
5
1902
6
1903
21
1904
14
1905
4
1906
18
1907
3
1908
9
1909
16
1910
47
1911
56
1912
10
1913
46
1914
44
1915
23
1916
36
1917
61
1918
23
1919
20
1920
84
1921
113
1922
39
1923
94
1924
127
1925
193
1926
255
1927
151
1928
190
1929
144
1930
222
1931
402
1932
1,344
1933
125
1934
283
1935
256
1936
186
1937
151
1938
147
1939
379
1940
258
1941
486
1942
488
1943
1,091
1944
494
1945
164
1946
541
1947
316
1948
404
1949
807
1950
531
1951
1,029
1952
325
1953
453
1954
429
1955
558
1956
895
1957
509
1958
589
1959
295
1960
1,252
1961
733
1962
571
1963
239
1964
933
1965
294
1966
279
1967
1,019
1968
1,207
1969
1,031
1970
417
1971
528
1972
711
1973
1,035
1974
2,042
1975
551
1976
649
1977
1,042
1978
1,089
1979
434
1980
867
1981
1,254
1982
1,104
1983
1,200
1984
826
1985
617
1986
1,357
1987
1,489
1988
754
1989
1,669
1990
1,152
1991
673
1992
1,325
1993
613
1994
1,257
1995
2,142
1996
3,109
1997
653
1998
1,898
1999
1,104
2000
3,068
2001
751
2002
1,443
2003
1,075
2004
1,052
2005
978
2006
1,360
2007
773
2008
1,675
2009
1,300
2010
1,464
2011
738
2012
746
2013
892
2014
618
2015
835
2016
902
2017
607
2018
454
2019
848
2020
661
2021
481
2022
882
2023
1,204
2024
432
2025
905
Download the Data
Data for records on 1908-03-08: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.