Weather Records on 8 March 1929

144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1929. Highest significance: Zerbst, DE.

Key Facts for 8 March 1929

On 8 March 1929, 144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 143 daily.
Zerbst set a daily record snow depth of 28.0 cm (11.0 in) on 8 March 1929.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

144 stations

144 station records on 8 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	203.2 cm (80.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

144 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 8 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 8 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

112 broken records

Margins by which the 112 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1981.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1929

Top 20 records on 8 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1929	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1929	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	203.2 cm (80.0 in)	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1929	Wiarton, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1929	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1929	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1929	Armagh, GB	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1929	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Durham, GB	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Waterloo, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Queenton, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1929	Uman, UA	daily low min	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	26 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 144 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 250	110
250 to 500	1
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1