Weather Records on 8 March 1925

193 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1925. Highest significance: Alexandria (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 8 March 1925

On 8 March 1925, 193 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 191 daily.
Alexandria (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 8 March 1925.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

193 stations

193 station records on 8 March 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blandville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

193 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 8 March 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 March 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 191.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

158 broken records

Margins by which the 158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1925

Top 20 records on 8 March 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1925	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1925	Kokstad, ZA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1925	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1925	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1925	Kamferskraal, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Cowles, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Astrakan, RU	daily high max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Blandville, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Birch Tree, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1925	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	8 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1925. 1925 had 193 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 10	136
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1