Weather Records on 8 March 1936

186 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1936. Highest significance: Riverview Observatory, AU.

Key Facts for 8 March 1936

On 8 March 1936, 186 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 184 daily.
Riverview Observatory set a daily record precipitation of 83.1 mm (3.3 in) on 8 March 1936.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

186 stations

186 station records on 8 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hunters Hill (the Bungalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	295.0 cm (116.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Condah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandreal	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pisangan	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lachmangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tauru(Uaoru)	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sepao	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Churu	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Machilpur	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Deoli	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

186 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 184.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

149 broken records

Margins by which the 149 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1030.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1936

Top 20 records on 8 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1936	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1936	Hunters Hill (the Bungalow), AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1936	Sawai Madhopur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1936	Ryde Pumping Station, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1936	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1936	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1936	Coleman, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	295.0 cm (116.1 in)	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Potts Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Condah, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Kualapuu 534, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	5 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Russell, CA	daily high max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Ardmore, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1936	Sapotra, IN	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1936. 1936 had 186 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 200	146
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1