Weather Records on 8 March 1911

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1911. Highest significance: Goulburn, AU.

Key Facts for 8 March 1911

On 8 March 1911, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 53 daily.
Goulburn set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 8 March 1911.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 8 March 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong (Comberoond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Youngara 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Yass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1911 by type: Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 March 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 March 1911 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

54 broken records

Margins by which the 54 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1911

Top 20 records on 8 March 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1911	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1911	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1911	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1911	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1911	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1911	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1911	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1911	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1911	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Stratford, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Beenak, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Dandenong (Comberoond), AU	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Mulwala Homestead, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Geelong Sec, AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Roto (Coombie), AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1911	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 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

1796 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1911. 1911 had 56 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	851
2020	661
2021	481
2022	883
2023	1,208
2024	430
2025	905
2026	1,282

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 March 1911
Margin	Records
0 to 10	26
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1