Weather Records on 8 March 1933

125 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1933. Highest significance: Concord, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1933

On 8 March 1933, 125 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 125 daily.
Concord set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 8 March 1933.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

125 stations

125 station records on 8 March 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.7 C (-17.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Doraville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

125 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 March 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 March 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 125.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

98 broken records

Margins by which the 98 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1933

Top 20 records on 8 March 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1933	Concord, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1933	Haverhill, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Dras, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Uttamachipura, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Markland Dam 39, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Durham, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Sherbrooke, CA	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	7 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Hanover, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Armagh, GB	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Atyrau, KZ	daily rain	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Chazy, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Albion, US	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Wandagee, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1933	Poretskoye, RU	daily low max	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	33 years	18 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1933. 1933 had 125 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	95
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1