Weather Records on 8 March 1940

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1940. Highest significance: Arambagh, IN.

Key Facts for 8 March 1940

On 8 March 1940, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 255 daily.
Arambagh set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 8 March 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

258 stations

258 station records on 8 March 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Howrah	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	256.8 mm (10.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 March 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 March 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1940

Top 20 records on 8 March 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1940	Arambagh, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Howrah, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Malakapuram, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Anakapalli, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Panskura, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Mahespur, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1940	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1940	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1940	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1940	Budge Budge, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1940	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1940	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1940	Putbus, DE	daily low max	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1940	Vishakhapatnam, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1940	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	31 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1940. 1940 had 258 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 25	180
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1