Weather Records on 8 March 1924

127 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1924. Highest significance: Bundaberg Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 March 1924

On 8 March 1924, 127 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 123 daily.
Bundaberg Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 177.8 mm (7.0 in) on 8 March 1924.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

127 stations

127 station records on 8 March 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

127 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1924 by type: Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 March 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 March 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 123.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

109 broken records

Margins by which the 109 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1924

Top 20 records on 8 March 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1924	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1924	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1924	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1924	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1924	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1924	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1924	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Millaquin Sugar, AU	monthly rain	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Bon Accord, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Kansas City, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Hawkwood Station, AU	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1924	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	24 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1924. 1924 had 127 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	78
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1