Weather Records on 8 March 1920

84 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1920. Highest significance: Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 8 March 1920

On 8 March 1920, 84 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 83 daily.
Queanbeyan Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 8 March 1920.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

84 stations

84 station records on 8 March 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morangarell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lue Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toongabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

84 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 March 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 March 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 83.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

72 broken records

Margins by which the 72 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1920

Top 20 records on 8 March 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1920	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1920	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Morangarell, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Lue Station, AU	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Lake Cowal 2, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Toongabbie, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Lexington, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Nhill (Woorak), AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Newport, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1920	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 years	16 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 84 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	67
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1