Weather Records on 8 March 1927

151 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1927. Highest significance: Springsure Comet St, AU.

Key Facts for 8 March 1927

On 8 March 1927, 151 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 149 daily.
Springsure Comet St set a monthly record daily precipitation of 112.0 mm (4.4 in) on 8 March 1927.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

151 stations

151 station records on 8 March 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

151 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 March 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 March 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 149.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

104 broken records

Margins by which the 104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1927

Top 20 records on 8 March 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1927	Springsure Comet St, AU	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1927	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1927	Blanco, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Malvern, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Carthage, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Hamilton, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Brinkley, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Godegard, SE	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Karesuando, SE	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1927	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	42 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1927. 1927 had 151 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 50	102
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1