Weather Records on 8 March 1928

190 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1928. Highest significance: Wakefield 3NW, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1928

On 8 March 1928, 190 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 188 daily.
Wakefield 3NW set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 8 March 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

190 stations

190 station records on 8 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

190 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 188.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1928

Top 20 records on 8 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1928	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1928	Lexington, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1928	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1928	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Ft Bidwell, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Canton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Holly Springs 2 N, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Dunmurray, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Washta, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Holdrege, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Madison Wb City, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Hartington, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Oakbank, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1928	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	29 years	21 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1928. 1928 had 190 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	149
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	3